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Patch box
Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The surface is enamelled, the base and sides pale blue, the lid with a tinted transfer depicting Britannia seated on the sea shore. She holds a scroll inscribed 'NELSON', a ship is shown in the background and above her head is an eye with a nimbus. Inscribed on either side of the eye 'Britannia rules the waves'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0012 |
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| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Display - Sea Things Gallery |
| Date made: | circa 1800 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Nelson-Ward Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 45 x 35 x 22 mm |
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