Patch box

Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The surface is enamelled, the lid and sides pale blue. The lid has a pale blue border with white spots, on a white inner border with gilt edges is inscribed 'Victory a cause of animation', 'Nelson with Glory fills the Nation'. The lid is painted with three warships in action. In the centre is a blue star with a gilt border surrounded by white spots, it bears the initial 'N'.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0117
Type: Patch box
Display location: Not on display
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Date made: circa 1798
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 50 x 42 x 25 mm