Patch box

Oval enamelled patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The base and sides are a very pale pink. The white lid is inscribed: 'Hail, Nelson Hail / Thy naval Thunders roar / Humbl'd proud France / near Egypts fertile shore.'

Object Details

ID: OBJ0138
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
Measurements: Overall: 45 mm x 38 mm x 22 mm
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