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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 royal blue, the lid with an untinted transfer showing Britannia - an eye with a nimbus above, holding a scroll inscribed 'NELSON'. Inscribed above: 'Britannia rules the waves'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0103 |
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| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1800 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 55 x 40 x 20 mm |