Box

A round wooden box. The lid is carved with Chelsea and Greenwich pensioners carousing and the inscription 'TRAFALGAR VICTORY WATERLOO 18 JUNE 1815, 21 OCTOBER 1805'.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0180
Type: Box
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Westwood
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo, 1815
Date made: 21 Oct 1805; 18 Jun 1815
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 20 mm x 75 mm
Parts: Box
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