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Patch box
Oval patch box commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The surface is enamelled, the base and gadrooned sides pink, the lid white with a coloured painting of a ship inscribed: 'Brave Nelson is no more', 'Success to his Memory'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0015 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | circa 1805 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 40 x 35 x 25 mm |