Box

Box commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A circular, turned wooden box. The lid is decorated with a coloured printed portrait of Nelson after Lemuel Francis Abbott, under glass within a gilt metal surround. The interior of the box is lined with tortoiseshell

Object Details

ID: OBJ0221
Type: Box
Display location: Not on display
Date made: Early 19th century; early nineteenth century
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 25 x 75 mm
Parts: Box