22nd Jul, 2010 10:00 GMT/BST

Summer Catalogue Sale

 
Lot 750
 

750

Nelson Interest: A South Staffordshire Enamel Patch Box, circa 1798, of oval form, the white...

Nelson Interest: A South Staffordshire Enamel Patch Box, circa 1798, of oval form, the white enamelled lid with inscription WHERE CAESAR AND ALEXANDER FOUGHT BRAVE NELSON'S FLEET NEW WONDERS WROUGHT, a mirror to the underside of the lid, with pink tinted body enamel, 4.5cm wide

The four line verse bears reference to The Battle of the Nile, Aboukir Bay, near Alexandria, Egypt, 1 & 2 August 1798. Also, The Battle of the Nile (47BC) Julius Caesar and Cleopatra's combined Roman-Egyptian armies defeat Queen Arsinoe IV and King Ptolemy XIII and secure the throne of Egypt. Alexander the Great spent several months in Egypt as part of his campaigns against the Persian Empire of Darius III.

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Cracks and chips generally. 190510

 


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Auction: Summer Catalogue Sale, 22nd Jul, 2010

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