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Vice-Admiral Nelson's glove stretcher
Glove stretcher in hardwood with an ivory handle and steel fittings belonging to Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). To stretch the fingers of kid gloves. The wooden prongs were inserted in the fingers and moved apart by the ivory key in the handle. Part of a collection of memorabilia relating to Nelson and Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, provenance by descent through the Hood family.
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0151 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Glove stretcher |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1800-1805; 1800-05 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm x 160 mm x 95 mm |