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Soothing mixture from a Ship's Medicine Chest, From An Aberdeen Trawler Wrecked On Hoy
Soothing mixture from a Ship's Medicine Chest, From An Aberdeen Trawler Wrecked On Hoy

Soothing mixture from a Ship's Medicine Chest, From An Aberdeen Trawler Wrecked On Hoy

Dispenser (Footdee, Aberdeen, Scotland)
Dateearly 20th century
Object NameBottle
Mediumglass; chemicals; string
ClassificationsShipping
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width x Depth): 140 × 57 × 57mm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1992.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Object numberABDMS018960.11
About MeSquare clear glass bottle labelled "Soothing mixture". The labels are cream with black text. The bottle is 7/8 full with a straw coloured liquid, there is some dark sediment at the bottom.. The lid is a square cut glass stopper that is held in place with a string printed with the pharmacists information.

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