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Description: | Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Lid edged with blue border with white spots. It depicts a female figure, mourning over a tomb inscribed 'Sacred to the memory of Nelson', with an anchor and sword on top. There is a weeping willow to the right and the sea and a ship in the left background.
Hairline cracks, mirror condition poor.
caption: Patch box | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Horatio Nelson patch boxes | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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