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 gadrooned sides coloured green. The lid is white with a border of green triangles and red dots, the inscription in the centre is a black transfer 'The Victry's won/The Gallant Nelson/cry'd/He liv'd a Hero/and a Hero dy'd.'

Object Details

ID: OBJ0105
Collection: Decorative art
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: 45 x 37 x 25 mm
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