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bottle, scent

human history
  • Description

    scent bottle

    ruby glass scent bottle, capped on both ends with sterling silver lids; bottle has two compartments, smelling salts at one end, scent bottle at the other; smelling salts have a silver screw cap; scent bottle has a hinged silver lid, and removable glass plug, perfumed [cotton] stored inside; both lids are elaborately engraved with a floral design; four hallmarks on lid: Charles May's makers mark, sterling silver lion, Birmingham anchor and 1887 "n".

  • Place
    New Zealand Birmingham/West Midlands/England
  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Accession Date
    13 Nov 1973
  • Other Id

    col.2913 (colonial)

  • Department

    History

    Social History

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  • bottle, scent, col.2913, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • bottle, scent, col.2913, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • bottle, scent, col.2913, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • bottle, scent, col.2913, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • bottle, scent, col.2913, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • bottle, scent, col.2913, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • bottle, scent, col.2913, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • bottle, scent, col.2913, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • bottle, scent, col.2913, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 17 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • bottle, scent col.2913
  • bottle, scent col.2913
  • bottle, scent col.2913
  • bottle, scent col.2913
  • bottle, scent col.2913
  • bottle, scent col.2913
  • bottle, scent col.2913
  • bottle, scent col.2913
  • bottle, scent col.2913
  • bottle, scent col.2913

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