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'.
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Object Details
ID: | OBJ0095 |
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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: 50 x 40 x 25 mm |