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Dover Tablets from a Ship's Medicine Chest, From An Aberdeen Trawler Wrecked On Hoy
Dover Tablets from a Ship's Medicine Chest, From An Aberdeen Trawler Wrecked On Hoy

Dover Tablets from a Ship's Medicine Chest, From An Aberdeen Trawler Wrecked On Hoy

Dispenser (Footdee, Aberdeen, Scotland)
Dateearly 20th century
Object NameBottle
Mediumglass; metal; paper
ClassificationsShipping
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width x Depth): 61 × 32 × 17mm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1992.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Object numberABDMS018960.21
About MeAmber glass rectangular bottle containing pills and cotton wool labelled "Dover Tablets". The bottle has a large cream coloured label with black and red typed text. The lid is a silver coloured metal screwcap.

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