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Snuff box
Round silver snuff box, in repoussé work on the lid, a profile portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) facing left with caption 'ADMIRAL LD NELSON BORN SEPTR 1758'. Inscribed on the base between two oak branches 'CONQUEROR AT ABOUKIR. 1 AUGT 1798 COPENHAGEN APRIL 1801 TRAFALGAR 21 OCTR. 1805. WHERE HE GLORIOUSLY FELL'.
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Object details
| ID: | OBJ0289 |
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| Type: | Snuff box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 |
| Date made: | circa 1806 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 16 x 32 mm |
| Parts: | Snuff box |