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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 pink, the lid white with a coloured transfer of a seated Britannia, a lion at her side, being greeted and handed an olive branch by a standing Peace. In the background, rocks to the right and a ship to the left. inscribed: 'Peace Rewarding Britannia.'
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0150 |
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| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1802 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 58 mm x 48 mm x 20 mm |