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Launching casket
Launching casket HMS 'Nelson' 1876. A wooden box decorated with light wood inlay and lined inside the lid with ruched blue silk. It contains an elaborately decorated boxwood mallet carved with a naval crown, anchor, coat of arms, Egyptian style decoration and flowers. The mallet head was reinforced with brass bands now loose. The mallet is inscribed: 'HMS Nelson 4th Novr. 1876.'
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0233 |
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| Type: | Launching casket |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Nelson (1876) |
| Date made: | 1876 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 115 x 350 x 195 mm |
| Parts: | Launching casket |