Bottle labelled to contain ginger essence

Made:
1910
maker:
Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited

Bottle, labelled "Tabloid' brand Ginger Ess [remainder illegible]'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Ess. Ginger m 1' written in white lettering beneath the neck of the bottle. Sealed with a round stopper. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Medicine chest by Burroughs Wellcome, style 251, supplied to British Antarctic Expedition, 1910. Contains 38 gutta percha bottles of various drugs and other items. Tabloid Brand Medicine Case for Sledge Service. This case formed a part of the Capt Robert Falcon Scott's Medical Equipment for the Antarctic Expedition of 1910. It was left at the foot of the Beardmore Glacier and was found buried in the snow at the until it was picked up in November 1912 by Dr. Atkinson.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1981-1007/48
Materials:
gutta-percha and glass
Measurements:
overall: 215 mm x 385 mm x 250 mm, ,
overall weight: x x , , 9.97kg
type:
bottle
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust