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Tobacco box
Tobacco box commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A round brass box, the top and sides are embossed, the base is turned. The lid has a portrait of Nelson, half-length, facing three-quarters right on a round raised boss in the middle. The lid is inscribed: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON.' The sides are plain apart from three horizontal grooves. The base is plain.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0321 |
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| Type: | Tobacco box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1806 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 30 mm x 82 mm |
| Parts: | Tobacco box |
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