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 pink. The lid is painted with a coloured portrait of Nelson within a pink and gilt border with white spots, inscribed above: 'In Memory of Adl Lord Nelson Octr 21st 1805'.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0075
Type: Patch box
Display location: Display - Sea Things Gallery
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: circa 1805
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 35 x 50 x 23 mm
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