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Patch box
Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The box is decorated in yellow enamel overall with a monochrome transfer on the lid, showing a seated Bitannia, holding a scroll, a lion at her feet. There is an eye with a nimbus above her head. Inscribed: 'Britannia rules the Waves.' The interior is white.
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Object details
| ID: | OBJ0149 |
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| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Display - Sea Things Gallery |
| Date made: | circa 1800 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 42 mm x 35 mm x 25 mm |