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Patch box
Oval patch box commemorating the Spithead mutiny of 1797. The surface is enamelled with a white base, green sides and polychrome lid with a mirror inside. The lid is painted with a scene showing a mounted officer, holding a paper in his right hand, the masts of the fleet in the background; inscribed above: 'The Mutineer's Pardon at Plimouth [sic]'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0003 |
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| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery |
| Events: | Mutiny at Spithead, 1797 |
| Date made: | circa 1797 |
| Exhibition: | Nelson, Navy, Nation |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 45 x 35 x 25 mm |