IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150637
accession number:	M.12-1836

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 4 October 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Wood (probably oak) from the H.M.S. Victory, lined and mounted in silver. Rectangular with cut corners, straight sides, recessed hinge and arched thumbpiece.  Set on the flat lid is a rectangular silver plaque, also with cut corners, which is inscribed 'Nelson' in Gothic script and 'Natus 29 Septr. 1758 / Obit 24 Octr. 1805' in script. On the recessed base, a similar smaller plaque is inscribed in Gothic script 'The Countess Mengden. / TO / Captn. Thos. Staines / R.N. K.G.B.'  The interior of the lid is inscribed 'Presented to / THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM. / Cambridge / BY GEORGE GUNNING ESQR / of Frindsburg. Kent. / 1836'.
object type: rectangular box with cut corners in wood from H.M.S. Victory, lined and mounted in silver; the flat lid with plaque inscribed "Nelson"
title:	snuff box

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by G. Gunning Esq.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150637

PEOPLE
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Admiral Lord Nelson
Countess Mengden

SUBJECTS
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H.M.S. Victory
Battle of Trafalgar



CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1805 - 1836
creation date earliest:	1805
creation date latest:	1836
culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 2.6

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8.4

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 5.7



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