Round oak box made from H.M.S. 'Victory'

Round oak box with screw top lid. Under glass on the lid, a silver plaque with an embossed profile portrait of Nelson facing left. Inside the lid a second silver plaque. Plaque on lid inscribed: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON BORN 29 SEPR 1758.' Inside plaque inscribed: 'This box is made from wood from HMS VICTORY which was presented to my father COL C. PRATT 5th REGT by CAPT. WESTPHAL R.N. who served on the "Victory" at the battle of TRAFALGAR.'

Object Details

ID: REL0602
Collection: Relics
Type: Box
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Vessels: Victory (1765)
Date made: 19th century
People: Nelson, Horatio; Westphal, George Augustus Alexander Pratt, C. Smith, Henry Sutcliffe
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Diameter: 89 mm;Overall: 38 mm
Parts: Round oak box made from H.M.S. 'Victory'
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