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inventarisnummer | PLT0755
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collectie | Plate
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museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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datum | 1807-08
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omschrijving | Silver box commemorating Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805.
Rectangular silver snuff box, with a hinged lid, and gilt inside. The sides and part of the top is chased with scrolling foliage and floral decoration on a matted ground. The lid has a central engraving of Nelson in an oval garter inscribed with the Trafalgar Signal: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. The portrait medallion is surmounted by a naval crown, and war trophies are engraved behind (guns, anchors, flags, speaking trumpet, bayonet etc).
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afmetingen | 25 x 102 x 60 mm
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