Red leather pocket book

Red leather pocket book with a canvas cover worked with flowers in petit point. The end papers are covered with white silk. It contains two pencils. Said to have been worked by Frances Nelson as a child and used by her cousin Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson.

Object Details

ID: REL0108
Collection: Relics
Type: Pocket book
Display location: Not on display
Date made: Early 19th century
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 15 mm x 95 mm x 140 mm
Parts: Red leather pocket book