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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.
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.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0291 |
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| 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 |