CDLHD 68 - Bottle
Identity - Common name, type, cataloguer
| Catalogue Number : | CDLHD 68 |
| Common Name : | Bottle |
| Field Cataloguer : | Estelle Lazer and Rod Givney Date catalogued in field - 26-May-2003 |
| Type : |
Category 5: Tools & Equipment For Science & Technology - Merchandising T & E
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definition
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Category 6: Tools & Equipment For Communication - Photographic T & E ( definition ) |
Location - Name of place, position and current storage
| Field Location : | Main Hut Living Quarters Dark Room ( definition ) - West wall, second shelf, sixteenth most southern artefact. |
Description - materials, markings, dimensions
| Description : | Clear brown glass bottle with white bakelite lid and a paper label. Moulded into the top of the lid is a pair of scales with the initials JS superimposed over each other in the middle. The outside edge of the lid is knurled. The overall length of the bottle is 120 mm. It measures 111 mm without the lid. The lid is 6 mm high and has a diameter of 44 mm. The neck is 22 mm long with a diameter of 18 mm. The rolled mouth has a diameter of 27 mm. The base is slightly concave. The label is white with black writing and red and black Art Nouveau decoration. On the reverse side, (with respect to the label)the bottle displays high relief moulded decoration and writing. At the top is the trademark as described for the lid, viz. a pair of scales with the initials JS superimposed over each other in the middle. This is contained within a cartouche. Beneath this in organic Art Nouveau style writing are the words AZOL THE ACTIVE DEVELOPER. | ||||||
| Materials : |
Glass - Other - Brown
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Paper ( definition ) Plastic - Bakelite ( definition ) | ||||||
| Producer : | Johnson and Sons | ||||||
| Place of Production : | Finsbury, London | ||||||
| Production Method : | Manufactured | ||||||
| Inscription/Markings : | Label: SCALES BRAND 'AZOL' THE 'ACTIVE' DEVELOPER Plates and Films 8831 Azol.........20 mins} Water to 1 oz.} or ..............(there are also instructions for bromide paper and gaslight paper.) Johnson and Sons Manufacturing Chemists Ltd 23. . Cross Street Finsbury London E.C. Moulded on reverse side of bottle: AZOL THE ACTIVE DEVELOPER Moulded into base: C 8998. | ||||||
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Condition - status, conservation assessment, completeness
There are no events for this artefact.
Significance - association with expeditioners or expedition
| Significance : | Assemblage - Dark Room ( definition ) PRIMARY - Historic ( definition ) SECONDARY - Interpretive Potential ( definition ) |
| Expedition Association : | AAE ( definition ) |
| Expeditioner Association : | Hurley, James Francis ( definition ) |
References - links to images, publications etc.
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