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Tobacco box
Tobacco box commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A round box, made of embossed sheet brass. On the lid, a profile portrait of Nelson facing left, inscribed: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON BORN 29TH SEPTR 1758'. Signed by the makers: 'M & P' on the lid.The edge of the lid and sides of the box are decorated with a key pattern. On the base, within a border of rope twist and key pattern and flanked by oak branches - the inscription: 'CONQUEROR AT ABOUKIR 1 AUGT 1798 COPENHAGEN 2 APRIL 1801 TRAFALGAR 21 OCTR 1805 WHERE HE GLORIOUSLY FELL.'
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0316 |
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| Type: | Tobacco box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Pingo, Lewis; Marchant, Nathaniel |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798; Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | circa 1806 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 25 mm; Diameter: 53 mm |
| Parts: | Tobacco box |