Patch box

Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The surface is enamelled, the base and sides pink, the lid is polychrome with a pink and gold border with white spots. It is painted with a mourning female figure seated on the ground holding an anchor, a ship in the right background, with the inscription: 'Sacred to Nelson' on the plinth of a memorial behind the figure.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0143
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Patch box
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1805
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 43 x 35 x 25 mm
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