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.'

Object Details

ID: OBJ0133
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
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