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Description: | Snuff box said to have been given by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson to Emma Hamilton.
Small rectangular gold and enamel box with canted corners. The lid has a cloisonn� enamel decorative border in blue, white and green, surrounding a classical landscape with pillars, a fountain, a lake and mountains depicted in full colour. The edges of the box are gold with decorative borders and corners.
Inside the lid is a cursive inscription: 'Dear Emma from N B', the 'NB' monogram being behind a viscount's coronet.
caption: Snuff box | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | snuff boxes Hamilton Horatio Nelson Emma | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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