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A glass stoppered bottle containing a brown residue.
A glass stoppered bottle containing abrown residue from the 1845 British Northwest Passage Expedition led by Sir John Franklin.
The bottle was found at the boat site in Erebus Bay by Captain F. L. McClintock's sledge team on 30 May 1859, as part of the search expedition led by McClintock The site had been visited and partially investigated by Lt. William Hobson on 24 May but his report does not list everything he saw or removed. McClintock records ’two small glass stoppered bottles (full)'. [McClintock, Voyage of the Fox (1859), page 366].
The bottle was displayed at the Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich, Case 2, No. 81. 'Two medicine bottles'. The item is also shown in - 'Stereoscopic slides of the relics of Sir John Franklin's Expedition' photographed by Lieutenant Cheyne RN, at the United Services Museum, Whitehall, No. 5 (top left corner, below the top bottle).
The bottle was found at the boat site in Erebus Bay by Captain F. L. McClintock's sledge team on 30 May 1859, as part of the search expedition led by McClintock The site had been visited and partially investigated by Lt. William Hobson on 24 May but his report does not list everything he saw or removed. McClintock records ’two small glass stoppered bottles (full)'. [McClintock, Voyage of the Fox (1859), page 366].
The bottle was displayed at the Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich, Case 2, No. 81. 'Two medicine bottles'. The item is also shown in - 'Stereoscopic slides of the relics of Sir John Franklin's Expedition' photographed by Lieutenant Cheyne RN, at the United Services Museum, Whitehall, No. 5 (top left corner, below the top bottle).
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA2206 |
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| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Bottle |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848; Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859 |
| Vessels: | Fox (1855) |
| Date made: | Before 1845 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Measurements: | 73 x 19 mm |
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