Patch box

Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The surface is enamelled, the base white and the sides pale blue. The white lid is painted with a sailor standing on the shore, shipping in the distance. He holds a stick in his left hand and with his right raises a glass in a toast: 'Nelson & the Navy' (inscribed above).

Object Details

ID: OBJ0098
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Patch box
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1800
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 45 x 38 x 23 mm