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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 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'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0075 |
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| 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 |