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Object connections:
| Collection | Sailors' craftwork, Decorative art |
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| User collections | Games by lucinda |
| Gallery location | Not on display |
| People | Depiction: Nelson, Horatio |
Object details:
| Object ID | AAA0003 |
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| Description | Bonework domino box and cribbage board made by a French prisoner of war. It has a wooden base and a pierced, arched lid on hinges. A pull-out bone slide beneath the lid shows a sailor mourning beside a monument with a bust inscribed: 'LORD NELSON'; British flags are placed above. The box contains three dice and 46 dominoes. |
| Date made | 1803-1814 |