Patch box

Oval enamelled patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The sides are pink, the base white. The lid has a tinted transfer portrait of Nelson inscribed: 'Adml Nelson.'

Object Details

ID: OBJ0130
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
Measurements: Overall: 35 mm x 50 mm x 23 mm