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Patch box lid
The lid of a patch box commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The surface is enamelled, painted with a depiction of the dying Nelson on the deck of 'Victory' supported by an officer. The scene surrounded by an inscription 'Off Trafagar the battle was Fought / Nelson's Life the Victory bought' - the whole is within a blue and gilt border with white dots.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0020 |
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| Type: | Patch box lid |
| 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. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 50 x 35 mm |