Copper Box embossed with bust of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805)
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Copper and paper
Measurements
10 mm (Height); 73 mm (Diameter)
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 517346
Summary
Circular copper box, embossed with bust of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), and figure of Victory, top lifts off to reveal 11 circular colour prints of naval victories. Inscribed ' England's Admiral Nelson Duke of Bronte, Hor ViceCom Nelson Ob Patram Pugnano Mort Oct 21st 1805'. 'Record of Naval Valour. Every Man Has Done His Duty. Ipse Belli Fulmen.' 11 colour prints of naval victories from 1797-1816 - Lord Rodney's Victory, Lord Howe's Victory, Lord Nelson Board St Joseph, Lord Duncan's Victory, Battle of the Nile, Victory at Copenhagen, Lord Nelson Trafalgar, Sir R. Strachan's Victory, Boarding the Chesapeake, Bonaparte on the Northumberland, Storming of Algiers.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.