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Patch box
Oval enamelled patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The base and sides are white with 'leaf' stripe decoration in blue, a red spotted motif between each stripe. The lid is painted with a polychrome battle scene surrounded by a white border inscribed: 'The Glorious Victory of Adm Lord Nelson Trafalgar'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0109 |
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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 mm x 42 mm x 25 mm |