Patch box

Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The surface is enamelled, the white base and sides with blue leaf stripe decoration between red flowers. The lid has a border of blue and white triangles with white spots. The centre is painted in colour with two ships in action with the inscription 'Nelson & Victory 1st. Aug 1798'.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0049
Type: Patch box
Display location: Not on display
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Date made: circa 1798
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 43 x 38 x 25 mm
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