Patch box

Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating the battle of Camperdown, 1797. The surface is enamelled with a white base, pink sides, the lid white with a black inscription within a pink border with white dots. The lid is inscribed: 'Glorious 11th Octr English Valour Triumphant and Dutch Perfidy Defeated'.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0007
Type: Patch box
Display location: Not on display
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Camperdown, 1797
Date made: After 1797
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 43 x 35 x 25 mm
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