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Curtain tie
Curtain tie commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and the Battle of the Nile, 1798. It is of gilded brass with a coloured enamel inset and a beaded border, and shows a warship with the inscription 'ADMIRAL NELSON. VANGUARD, 74 guns Augst 1st 1798'. There is a carriage screw for attachment at the small end.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0709 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Curtain tie |
| Display location: | Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
| Vessels: | Vanguard 1787 (HMS) |
| Date made: | After 1798 |
| Exhibition: | Nelson, Navy, Nation |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 75 x 50 mm |