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Description: | A quote from the Duke of Wellington, June 18, 1815, can be found on the inside of the lid. It reads, "Napolean did not manoeuvre at all. He just moved forward in the old style, in columns, and was driven off in the old style".
Round enamel box in the form of a drum and decorated with a scene from the Battle of Waterloo. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Manufacturing industry Black Country Decorative arts Metalworking industries Battle of Waterloo (1815) Enamels | Temporal: | 1981
20th century (1900-1999) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Halcyon Days | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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