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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 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'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0049 |
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| 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 |