Ink bottles in heart shaped box

Two small glass ink bottles in a heart-shaped, fish-skin covered box. A paper inside reads: 'Formerly prop. of N believed to have been used in Victory C.R. Rudolf and E.H. Howard...' It is reputed to have belonged to Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).

Object Details

ID: REL0146
Collection: Relics
Type: Ink bottle
Display location: Not on display
People: Nelson, Horatio; Gilpin, W. G.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: Ink bottles in heart shaped box