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 yellow, the lid painted with an urn on a plinth within crossed trumpets and laurel branches, inscribed around the edge of the lid 'The God of LOVE Has call'd NELSON above'. The monument plinth has a little face painted on it where one would expect a shield of arms .

Object Details

ID: OBJ0081
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Patch box
Display location: Display - Sea Things Gallery
Date made: circa 1805
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 40 x 30 x 20 mm