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Eye Lotion from ship's medicine chest; From An Aberdeen Trawler Wrecked On Hoy
Eye Lotion from ship's medicine chest; From An Aberdeen Trawler Wrecked On Hoy

Eye Lotion from ship's medicine chest; From An Aberdeen Trawler Wrecked On Hoy

Supplier (Footdee, Aberdeen, Scotland)
Dateearly 20th century
Object NameBottle
Mediumglass; chemicals; paper
ClassificationsShipping
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width x Depth): 140 × 57 × 57mm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1992.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Object numberABDMS018960.3
About MeSquare clear glass bottle labelled "Eye Lotion" containing a clear coloured liquid. The label on the front is cream with red text, and the label on the top is cream with black text. There is a string loosely tied under the lip that has the chemists address printed on it "99 Victoria Road Torry".

The object is from a ship's medicine chest from an Aberdeen trawler that was wrecked off Hoy.