Patch box

Oval patch box commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The surface is enamelled, the base and sides pink, the white lid with a tinted transfer depicting a ship inscribed: 'Nelson Triumphant', 'Victory or Death'.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0080
Type: Patch box
Display location: Not on display
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: 44 x 30 x 25 mm