|
Date: |
|
Description: | Oval enamelled patch box with a mirror inside the lid. It commemorates Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The base and sides are pink. The lid is white with a leaf and spot, red, green and gold border. It has a transfer polychrome picture of Britannia, seated by the shore, a lion at her feet, holding a scroll inscribed: 'Nelson.' There is a ship in the left background, and an eye with a nimbus above. Inscribed above: 'Britannia rules the waves.' | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Horatio Nelson patch boxes | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Patch box
Round patch box, commemorating Vice-Admiral…
-
Patch box
Round patch box commemorating Vice-Admiral…
-
|