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Description: | Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. The surface is enamelled, with a pale blue base and sides, the white lid with an untinted transfer depicting a ship, with the inscription: 'Off Trafalgar the Battle was Fought / Lord Nelson's Life the Victory bought'.
caption: Patch box | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Horatio Early 19th century Nelson patch boxes Commemoration and legacy | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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