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Patch box
Oval enamelled patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The base and sides are a very pale pink. The white lid is inscribed: 'Hail, Nelson Hail / Thy naval Thunders roar / Humbl'd proud France / near Egypts fertile shore.'
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0138 |
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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: 45 mm x 38 mm x 22 mm |