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 royal blue, the polychrome lid depicts a wreath tied with a black ribbon with two trumpets and two doves. It is inscribed: 'Thus the brave Nelson he died with Victory satisfied'.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0095
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: 50 x 40 x 25 mm