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Patch box
Oval enamelled patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The base and sids are pale blue. The lid has a tinted transfer of Britannia mouning at a monument surmounted by a bust of Nelson with flags draped around the sides. The plinth is inscribed: 'In Memory of NELSON.'
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0148 |
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| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1805 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 35 mm x 47 mm x 23 mm |