Round box made from H.M.S. 'Victory'

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Round wooden box with a screw lid, black lacquered. There is a gilt lining to the base and a gilt rim round the edge of the lid which has a gilt stud in the centre. On the base, a silver plaque inscribed: 'Made of wood from H.M.S. Victory on which I served and was severely wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar. This box was presented to me by my brother CAPT. G.A. WEST PHAL1815.'

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Object Details

ID:	REL0607
Collection:	Relics
Type:	Box
Display location:	Not on display
Events:	Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Vessels:	Victory (1765)
Date made:	1815
People:	Westphal, George Augustus Alexander; Smith, Henry Sutcliffe
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements:	Overall: 22 mm; Diameter: 70 mm
Parts:	Round box made from H.M.S. 'Victory' Base for round box made from H.M.S. 'Victory' (Box base) (REL0607.1) Lid for round box made from H.M.S. 'Victory' (Box lid) (REL0607.2)