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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'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0070 |
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| 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 |