Patch box

Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The sides and base are pale blue, the hinged lid is white inscribed in black: 'Hail Nelson Hail / Thy naval Thunders roar / Humbl'd proud France / near Egypt's fertile shore.'

Object Details

ID: OBJ0092
Type: Patch box
Display location: Not on display
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Date made: circa 1798
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 45 x 35 x 23 mm