A pressed stamp on the bottom of the tin has the company marking, manufactured by Keen Robinson & Co. London.

Size is:  Height 5.5 in. Width 8 in. Depth 6 in. in the shape of an elongated octagon. 

Each of the four side panels show scenes, beginning with the front, 

         “Nelson’s conflict with a Spanish Launch, left, 

         “Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson K.B.” (Knight of the Bath), rear, 

        “Horatio Nelson, Midshipman” (clubbing a polar bear with his musket), right, 

        “Lord Nelson, mortally wounded, Oct 21st 1805.”  

        The top panel shows “Horatio Nelson, Lieutenant, volunteering to board a Prize in a gale.”

All the panels are in fine condition, with the lid panel showing some loss of scene, and wear to gilt edges.

A great, and scarce historical piece of advertising, and in better condition than any other examples found on the internet.

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte ( 1758 – 1805), was a high ranking British  Admiral in the Royal Navy, who made a great record of victories during the Napoleonic Wars.