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Patch box
Oval enamelled patch box with a mirror inside the lid. It commemorates Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The base and sides are pink. The lid is white with a leaf and spot, red, green and gold border. It has a transfer polychrome picture of Britannia, seated by the shore, a lion at her feet, holding a scroll inscribed: 'Nelson.' There is a ship in the left background, and an eye with a nimbus above. Inscribed above: 'Britannia rules the waves.'
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0134 |
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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: 58 mm x 40 mm x 20 mm |