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Pendant
Gold pendant, shaped like a foul anchor and inscribed with the words 'NELSON'S VICTORY, AUGUST 1.1798'. It is suspended from a blue and white ribbon, which is attached to a gold pin. The pendant was made to commemorate the Battle of the Nile, and it has been suggested that this type of pendant was originally worn on a coat, in the centre of a patriotic 'favour' but 'The Morning Post and Gazeteer' 8 November 1798 says 'The Ladies in compliment to our naval victories, sport the golden anchor, which suspended by a chain, rests on the bosom'.
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Object Details
| ID: | JEW0140 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Pendant |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
| Date made: | circa 1798 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 107 mm x 42 mm x 7 mm |