Patch box

Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The surface is enamelled, the base and sides royal blue, painted in colour on the lid a wreath tied with a black ribbon with two trumpets surrounding the inscription: 'Thus the brave Nelson he died/With VICTORY satisfied'. On the wreath ribbon in gold: 'Sacred to Nelson'.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0070
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Patch box
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1805
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 50 x 40 x 23 mm
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