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Purse
Blue silk chinese purse embroidered in chain stitch with flowers and butterflies. "EH from HN" embroidered on. Reputed given by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson to Emma, Lady Hamilton. The provenance is dubious (ex Pamela Hardy).
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Object details
| ID: | TXT0366 |
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| Collection: | Textiles |
| Type: | Purse |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; Hamilton, Emma Hardy, Pamela |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Malcolm Stewart Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 230 x 95 mm |