Box decoration
A box decoration made of metal with a dome of glass. The metal is coloured gold and depicts a bust of Nelson facing left, undraped, with short hair. Initial 'W' on the truncation and inscribed: 'HOR . VICECOM . NELSON OB PATRIAM PUGNANDO MORT . OCT XXI MDCCCV'.
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Object Details
ID: | OBJ0212.3 |
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Type: | Box decoration |
Display location: | Not on display |
People: | Nelson, Horatio |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
Measurements: | Diameter: 58 mm;Overall: 5 mm |
Parts: |
Box
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