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Pin
Oval black glass cameo mounted on the head of a metal scarf pin. The scarf pin has a partly twisted stem, while the cameo has a setting in the form of a twisted rope border. The cameo is decorated with a profile portrait depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), executed in white vitreous paste. It is inscribed on the termination of the right arm with the words 'Tassie F 1805'.
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Object details
| ID: | JEW0327 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Pin |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Tassie, William |
| Date made: | 1805 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 90 mm x 23 mm x 13 mm |