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Patch box
Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Enamelled patch box; base and sides pink, the lid with a tinted transfer depicting Britannia seated by the shore, with a lion at her feet, holding a scroll inscribed: 'Nelson'. There is a ship in the background and an eye with a nimbus in the heavens. Inscribed above: 'Britannia rules the waves.'
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0133 |
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| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1800 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 45 x 35 x 22 mm |