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'.
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Object Details
ID: | OBJ0117 |
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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 |