Snuff box

Snuff box said to have belonged to Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).

Slim gold and champlevé enamel mosaic snuff box decorated with diaper pattern coloured squares in dark red, dark blue, light blue, green and pink. Rectangular with a plain gold edge with curved corners. Part of the top forms a hinged lid with a scrolled lip. Inside the lid is inscribed 'N & B' surmounted by a ducal coronet.

Collected by J. Corbett MP for Worcester and presented by his brother to Greenwich Hospital.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0291
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Snuff box
Display location: Not on display
Date made: Early 19th century
People: Nelson, Horatio; Corbett, Julian
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection
Measurements: Overall: 15 mm x 75 mm x 45 mm
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