samples of consumables, in display case

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Description

Physical description

1 box, 1 glass lid, 4 smaller boxes with compartments, castor seed, charcoal, beeswax, medicinal bark, copal, cotton seed cake, copra cake, tobacco leaf, rapeseed, millet, dried intestine, wool, cotton, hemp, phosphate, saig lum, cocoa bean, silica ore, soya beans, herminite ore, sunflower meal, wood pulp, mace, cochineal Long rectangular wooden case with removeable glass lid that slides out from side, inside are four separate rectangular display boxes each with six square compartments, each compartment contains a different natural sample (castor seed, charcoal, beeswax, medicinal bark, copal, cotton seed cake, copra cake, tobacco leaf, rapeseed, millet, dried intestine, wool, cotton, hemp, phosphate, saig lum, cocoa bean, silica ore, soya beans, herminite ore, sunflower meal, wood pulp, mace, cochineal), under each compartment is a handwritten label with description, above it is a number from a running sequence from 97 -120, on one side of the box is a futher torn label with the following inscription "FOR THE ATTENTION OF COMMANDER A. F. J. MACDERMOTT. ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE. OPEN BY CUTTING LABEL INSTEAD OF TEARING ENVELOPE. FASTEN ENVELOPE BY GUMMING THIS LABEL ACROSS FLAP. TO THE DIRECTOR OF TACTICAL, TORPEDO AND STAFF DUTIES DIVISION, ADMIRALTY, LONDON SW1. FROM OFFICER IN CHARGER. N. PASE, WEYMOUTH", condition poor -insect infestation

Inscription

(box) FOR THE ATTENTION OF COMMANDER A. F. J. MACDERMOTT. ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE. OPEN BY CUTTING LABEL INSTEAD OF TEARING ENVELOPE. FASTEN ENVELOPE BY GUMMING THIS LABEL ACROSS FLAP. TO THE DIRECTOR OF TACTICAL, TORPEDO AND STAFF DUTIES DIVISION, ADMIRALTY, LONDON SW1. FROM OFFICER IN CHARGER. N. PASE, WEYMOUTH. [LABLARGE] WT. 22188'48437/44 B.K & B. LTD. (compartments) castor seed, charcoal, beeswax, medicinal bark, copal, cotton seed cake, copra cake, tobacco leaf, rapeseed, millet, dried intestine, wool, cotton, hemp, phosphate, saig lum, cocoa bean, silica ore, soya beans, herminite ore, sunflower meal, wood pulp, mace, cochineal

Object Details

Category: Souvenirs and ephemera
Related period: All Periods (association)
Materials: whole: wood, glass, paper, vegetable, grain, mineral
Dimensions: whole: Depth 196 mm, Height 131 mm, Width 753 mm
Catalogue number: EPH 8983

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