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Description: | Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid. The surface is enamelled, base white, sides white with blue leaf stripe decoration, interspersed with red flowers. The lid has a blue zigzag border with white spots. Painted in the centre is a one-legged sailor, glass in one hand, pointing out to sea with the other. There is a barrel to the right, with a bottle on top. Above the sailor is the inscription 'The Friend of Humanity'.
caption: Patch box | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Nelson's Navy Nelson patch boxes Naval life and practice | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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