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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 green, the lid with a tinted transfer depicting a winged figure, seated on a cloud holding an oval portrait of George III. She protects it with a shield held in the other hand which has an arrow embedded in it. The lid is surrounded by a leaf border and is inscribed 'God save the King', 'May no weapon form'd against him prosper'. A plot to assassinate the king was discovered in 1802.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0088 |
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| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Despard Plot, 1802 |
| Date made: | circa 1802 |
| People: | King George III |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 60 x 42 x 23 mm |
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