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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 polychrome with a pink border. It is painted with a mourning female figure seated on the ground holding an anchor, a ship in the right background, with the inscription: 'Sacred to Nelson'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0083 |
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| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1805 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 43 x 35 x 27 mm |