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Patch box
Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid commemorating the military and naval heroes of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The surface is enamelled, the base and sides royal blue. A tinted transfer on the white lid depicts Fame, looking out to sea, blowing a trumpet and holding a scroll inscribed 'Duncan Jervis, Abercromby Nelson Howe'. Behind her the figure of Plenty holds out a laurel wreath. There is a cornucopia in the foreground and two ships in the background. Above the figures is the inscription: 'Fae Proclaiming her Heroes Peace with Plenty'
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Object details
| ID: | OBJ0099 |
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| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1800 |
| People: | Duncan, Adam; Jervis, John Abercromby, Ralph Nelson, Horatio Howe, Richard |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 55 x 45 x 25 mm |