Patch box

Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The surface is enamelled in pale blue, the sides gadrooned. The lid is white with the black transferred inscription 'WHEN / Nelson knew the / Battle won / He said to fate / GODS will be done'.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0094
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: 40 x 33 x 23 mm
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