Three English enamel patch boxes relating to...

Three English enamel patch boxes relating to Lord Nelson, c.1798-1805, one of navette shape and decorated with Britannia and a lion seated by the seashore, inscribed 'Britannia rules the Waves', raised on a pale blue base, another painted 'British Gratitude to Nelson's Valour' within a laurel wreath on a pink ground, the last inscribed 'The Arabs danc'd & fill'd the Sky With Nelson's glorious Victory', over a pink base, some restoration, 5cm max. (3)

Provenance: from the estate of the late Barry Lock.

The inscription on the smallest box relates to Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798.