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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 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'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0094 |
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| 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 |