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City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Manufactured Glass, bottle and measure 'VAXOS', 1946
TROVE ‘Advertisement April 2nd 1941 WHY VAXOS No. 1 MUST NOT BE CONFUSED WITH NOSE DROPS, INHALANTS, OR OTHER TEMPORARY PALLIATIVES. Vaxos No. 1 is what medical science terms an Endotoxoid, an oral vaccine, and an entirely new form of antigen with very high immunising powers. Vaxos No. I contains only pure antigens and is entirely free of herbs, drugs, or bacterial organ- isms, and is, therefore, perfectly safe for anyone to take. Vaxos No. I is produced by an Eminent Medical Bacteriologist UNDER GOVERNMENT LICENCE.and it is the ONLY PRODUCT EMANATING FROM THE LABORATORY OF THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERER OF THIS METHOD OF TREATMENT AND IMMUNISATION. As such, it must not be confused with cheaply prepared substitutes.A clear glass bottle with a plastic screw top and a clear glass, cylindrical measure with graduations of 10 to 25 drops in a cardboard box c1946. ‘VAXOS’ was used to treat respiratory infections BOTTLE ; VAXOS / No. 1 / Vaccine Products (Aust.) / Australaisian Distributors / H.C.Sleigh / (Pharmaceutical Dept.) 582 Little Colins St. Melbourne C1 / BATCH No. 1215 / Left side ; for Acute / Common Cold / Bronchitis / Antrum and / sinus troubles / Manfd. Nov.,1946 / Nett Contents 15cc. Right side : for Chronic / Catarrh / Hay Fever / Bronchial / Asthma, etc. / EXPIRY / Nov., 1948 / Medium Size Bottle . MEASURE; Paper adhering to glass - VAXOS DROPS 10, 15, 25 / Front BOX - Lid MEDIUM SIZE / BOTTLE / FOR ACUTE CASES / Base ; VAXOS / No. 1 / A colloidal polyvalent Antigen designed to / relieve and confer immunity from / respiratory tract disorders........./ Left side DIRECTIONS / ............. Batch No. 1215 / Right side ; VAXOS No. 1 / Contents ........Vaxos is made under / Government Licence by a / qualified medical bacteriologist . Back Nett. Contents 15cc / Price 12/6 / VACCINE PRODUCTS / (AUST ) /........ Manfd. NOV., 1946 / EXPIRY NOV., 1948pharmacy, medicines, early settlers, market gardeners, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, vaxos medicines, h.c.sleigh pty ltd, bacteriology, c.s.i.r.o departments melbourne, vaccine products australia, respiratory diseases -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Bottle
Ref: LA 4 44 283 HISTORY OF THE LOCH ARD The LOCH ARD belonged to the famous Loch Line which sailed many ships from England to Australia. Built in Glasgow by Barclay, Curdle and Co. in 1873, the LOCH ARD was a three-masted square rigged iron sailing ship. The ship measured 262ft 7" (79.87m) in length, 38ft (11.58m) in width, 23ft (7m) in depth and had a gross tonnage of 1693 tons. The LOCH ARD's main mast measured a massive 150ft (45.7m) in height. LOCH ARD made three trips to Australia and one trip to Calcutta before its final voyage. LOCH ARD left England on March 2, 1878, under the command of Captain Gibbs, a newly married, 29 year old. She was bound for Melbourne with a crew of 37, plus 17 passengers and a load of cargo. The general cargo reflected the affluence of Melbourne at the time. On board were straw hats, umbrella, perfumes, clay pipes, pianos, clocks, confectionary, linen and candles, as well as a heavier load of railway irons, cement, lead and copper. There were items included that intended for display in the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880. The voyage to Port Phillip was long but uneventful. At 3am on June 1, 1878, Captain Gibbs was expecting to see land and the passengers were becoming excited as they prepared to view their new homeland in the early morning. But LOCH ARD was running into a fog which greatly reduced visibility. Captain Gibbs was becoming anxious as there was no sign of land or the Cape Otway lighthouse. At 4am the fog lifted. A man aloft announced that he could see breakers. The sheer cliffs of Victoria's west coast came into view, and Captain Gibbs realised that the ship was much closer to them than expected. He ordered as much sail to be set as time would permit and then attempted to steer the vessel out to sea. On coming head on into the wind, the ship lost momentum, the sails fell limp and LOCH ARD's bow swung back. Gibbs then ordered the anchors to be released in an attempt to hold its position. The anchors sank some 50 fathoms - but did not hold. By this time LOCH ARD was among the breakers and the tall cliffs of Mutton Bird Island rose behind the ship. Just half a mile from the coast, the ship's bow was suddenly pulled around by the anchor. The captain tried to tack out to sea, but the ship struck a reef at the base of Mutton Bird Island, near Port Campbell. Waves broke over the ship and the top deck was loosened from the hull. The masts and rigging came crashing down knocking passengers and crew overboard. When a lifeboat was finally launched, it crashed into the side of LOCH ARD and capsized. Tom Pearce, who had launched the boat, managed to cling to its overturned hull and shelter beneath it. He drifted out to sea and then on the flood tide came into what is now known as LOCH ARD Gorge. He swam to shore, bruised and dazed, and found a cave in which to shelter. Some of the crew stayed below deck to shelter from the falling rigging but drowned when the ship slipped off the reef into deeper water. Eva Carmichael had raced onto deck to find out what was happening only to be confronted by towering cliffs looming above the stricken ship. In all the chaos, Captain Gibbs grabbed Eva and said, "If you are saved Eva, let my dear wife know that I died like a sailor". That was the last Eva Carmichael saw of the captain. She was swept off the ship by a huge wave. Eva saw Tom Pearce on a small rocky beach and yelled to attract his attention. He dived in and swam to the exhausted woman and dragged her to shore. He took her to the cave and broke open case of brandy which had washed up on the beach. He opened a bottle to revive the unconscious woman. A few hours later Tom scaled a cliff in search of help. He followed hoof prints and came by chance upon two men from nearby Glenample Station three and a half miles away. In a state of exhaustion, he told the men of the tragedy. Tom returned to the gorge while the two men rode back to the station to get help. By the time they reached LOCH ARD Gorge, it was cold and dark. The two shipwreck survivors were taken to Glenample Station to recover. Eva stayed at the station for six weeks before returning to Ireland, this time by steamship. In Melbourne, Tom Pearce received a hero's welcome. He was presented with the first gold medal of the Royal Humane Society of Victoria and a £1000 cheque from the Victorian Government. Concerts were performed to honour the young man's bravery and to raise money for those who lost family in the LOCH ARD disaster. Of the 54 crew members and passengers on board, only two survived: the apprentice, Tom Pearce and the young woman passenger, Eva Carmichael, who lost all of her family in the tragedy. Ten days after the LOCH ARD tragedy, salvage rights to the wreck were sold at auction for £2,120. Cargo valued at £3,000 was salvaged and placed on the beach, but most washed back into the sea when another storm developed. The wreck of LOCH ARD still lies at the base of Mutton Bird Island. Much of the cargo has now been salvaged and some was washed up into what is now known as LOCH ARD Gorge. Cargo and artefacts have also been illegally salvaged over many years before protective legislation was introduced. One of the most unlikely pieces of cargo to have survived the shipwreck was a Minton porcelain peacock - one of only nine in the world. The peacock was destined for the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880. It had been well packed, which gave it adequate protection during the violent storm. Today, the Minton peacock can be seen at the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum in Warrnambool. From Australia's most dramatic shipwreck it has now become Australia's most valuable shipwreck artefact and is one of very few 'objects' on the Victorian State Heritage Register. Flagstaff Hill’s collection of artefacts from LOCH ARD is significant for being one of the largest collections of artefacts from this shipwreck in Victoria. It is significant for its association with the shipwreck, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR S417). The collection is significant because of the relationship between the objects, as together they have a high potential to interpret the story of the LOCH ARD. The LOCH ARD collection is archaeologically significant as the remains of a large international passenger and cargo ship. The LOCH ARD collection is historically significant for representing aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes). The collection is also historically significant for its association with the LOCH ARD, which was one of the worst and best known shipwrecks in Victoria’s history. Glass bottle, light green, bottle is intact with slight chip on lip. Bottle has cork and some sand inside. Recovered from the wreck of the Loch Ard. Artefact Reg No LA/43.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, loch line, loch ard, captain gibbs, eva carmichael, tom pearce, glenample station, mutton bird island, loch ard gorge, bottle -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Domestic object - 10 items recovered from the Cambridgeshire wreck site
CAMBRIDGESHIRE (J. Marshall) was on voyage from Gravesend UK to Sydney, New South Wales with a cargo of general goods and a crew of 40, when she was lost off Cambridgeshire Reef. Read more at wrecksite: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?543123 glass bottles, 3 ceramic ink bottles, 2 ceramic bottles, 1 brass door knob, 1 engraved metal discunderwater relics, salvage, glass bottles, ceramic bottles, ceramic ink wells -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - FAVALORO COLLECTION: CRUET SET
EPNS cut glass Cruet set in holder, 3 bottles with stoppers, 2 bottles with screw tops, 1 smaller bottle with hinged lid.A1 EPNS Excella Villiers & Co Englanddomestic equipment, table setting, cruet set -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Bottle - Chemist, Pre 1915
This bottle contained castor oil or cod-liver oil and has a hand finished top. It would have been bought at a local chemist or in a larger city on a shopping expedition.Historical: Found inside the walls of a Tawonga South farm house having been left there when the house was being built. Change of bottles - shape, glass stopper, manufacture and use. Aesthetic: Display showing shape and colour due to the affect of sunlight.Clear glass bottle with manganese/purple tinge caused by sunlight. Hand finished top. Joins in glass on each side but not continuing to opening. Straight sides from the base to a little more than half way up. Sharp taper to neck which is straight and long to lip and opening. Cork stopper.Bubbles in glass. chemist, castor oil, codliver oil, tawonga south, aurora parmesan -
Orbost & District Historical Society
bottle, late 19th - early 20th century
Donor was grand-daughter of Jonathon Cameron of Genoa. Mother was Jane Elizabeth.Australia was not self sufficient in glass making until the turn of the 20th century and many bottles were made overseas and shipped to Australia with their contents and when emptied were re-filled with other company’s products. This bottles have an aesthetic element in that the shape is unusual and visually appealing. It reflect the type of glassware that was as a beverage container in the early 20th century. Small clear oval lemonade bottle. One flat side. A torpedo bottlebottle -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Bottle, baby, 1890-1910
Circular glass bottle with embossed words - "The Victoria Feeder Baby Feeding Bottle"Front: The Victoria Feeder/F G & Co/Mbaby, babies, feeding, bottle -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Domestic object - Glass Bottle Fragment, n.d
Fragment of glass bottle, section of round base of standard wine/port bottle -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Domestic object - Glass Bottle Fragment, 1850s
Fragment of glass bottle, section of round base of standard wine / port bottle -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - BOTTLES COLLECTION: SMALL BOTTLE
Glass bottle, very small. Appears to have Chinese writing on base of bottle. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Scent Bottle
Glass bottle with black pump and tassel. Bottle is set in a decorated pewter frame.ornaments, glass, personal effects-toilet requisites, cosmetics -
Arapiles Historical Society
Fowlers Bottling
House hold item, Fowlers bottling out fit and instructions with 2 bottlesfowlers bottling -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, 'Back in Black' by Claire Blake, 2006
Claire BLAKE (1977- ) Born Ballarat Claire Blake is a ceramicist who lives and works in Ballarat. She commenced studies at the University of Ballarat in 1996, completing an Honours year in 2002. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.A group of various sized hand thrown bottles, with one large bottle in orange. art, artwork, ceramics, claire blake, available, available ceramics, alumni -
Mont De Lancey
Glass bottles (1 missing)
Tall green glass bottle. (Medium sized green glass bottle missing)Nonebottles, containers. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Bottle, c. 1840s - 1870s
This broken black glass bottle has been handmade from about the 1840s to 1870s. The bottle, possibly used to store ale or soda or mineral water, was found in the coastal waters of Victoria. It is part of the John Chance Collection. Black glass is one of the oldest bottle colours and dates back to the early 17th century. In the 1840s to late 1870s black glass bottles were mainly used for liquor and ale. All glass is made from silica, which is found in quartz sand. The naturally occurring sand has impurities, such as iron, that determine the colour of the glass. Residual iron leads to green or amber coloured glass, and carbon in the sand makes that glass appear as ‘black’. A strong light behind the glass will show its colour as dark green or dark amber. This handmade bottle appears to have been made in a cylindrical dip mould. The molten glass was blown into the mould to give the body a uniform symmetrical shape and size. After the body was blown, the glassblower removed it from the mould and formed the shoulder and neck by free-blowing the glass. The base was pushed up with a pontil tool that gave it the concave shape. The finish for the mouth was added by hand to form the collar. The mould gives the body a slightly textured surface. There is usually a line around the shoulder where the mould meet the base, and a lump or mark in the centre of the base, called a pontil mark, where the push-up tool was removed. Although this bottle is not linked to a particular shipwreck, it is recognised as a historically significant example of handmade, 1840s to 1870s beverage bottles imported for use in Colonial Victoria. The bottle is also significant for its association with John Chance, a diver in Victoria’s coastal waters in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Items that come from several shipwrecks have since been donated to the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s museum collection by his family, illustrating this item’s level of historical value.Bottle, black glass, 'gallon' style. Applied lip, straight collar with circular lines from being hand moulded. Shoulder seam, body tapers inwards towards base. Heel has varied width, shallow base has small pontil mark. Mouth is chipped. Glass is discoloured and has uneven surface and encrustations. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck artefact, john chance, glass bottle, antique bottle, handmade, mouth blown, blown bottle, collectable, bottle, dip mould, soda bottle, ale bottle, beverage bottle, black glass -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: 'TARAX' LIME JUICE CHAMPAGNE CORDIAL BOTTLE LABELS
... bottles ...A plastic bag containing 'Tarax' llime juice champagne cordial bottle labels. The 'Tarax Ale Brewing Co.,' Golden Sq., Bendigo.industries, 'tarax', lydia chancellor, collection, industries, manufacturing, 'tarax, ' mr. george pethard, pethard family, bendigo, cordial, drinks, 'tarax ale brewing co., industry, labels, bottles -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
'The Star Feeder' infant feeding bottle, c. 1925
Bulbous clear glass bottle with necks/openings at either end. Embossed lettering reading "The/STAR/Feeder" on the front/top of bottle. Underside of the bottle is flat to allow for the bottle to sit on a flat surface. "HOWRAH" embossed on underside.The/STAR/Feeder; HOWRAHinfant care -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Bottle, glass
Round mid blue coloured glass bottle with rounded shoulder and ridge around exterior of bottle near the base. 'Burst off' finish on mouth of bottle.Nilblue glass -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Domestic object - Bottle, n.d
28/04/2000Glass bottle -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Xylocaine Spray, Topical Anaesthetic
Xylocaine Spray, Topical AnaestheticBlue bottlexylocaine, spray, topical, anaesthetic, ballarat -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
White Spirit
In brown bottle.white, spirit -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Trikresol
Brown Bottletrikresol -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Functional object - Bottle
Recovered from the wreck site of the Fiji. The barque Fiji left Hamburg on 22nd of May 1891. The vessel went ashore at 3 am on the morning of the 6th of September 1891in squally and boisterous weather soon after sighting Cape Otway. The wind had suddenly veered, and the vessel missed stays after attempting to wear ship and was driven onto the rocks. Attempts were made to launch the boats but they were swamped and dashed to pieces. Delays in getting the lifeboat and rocket apparatus to the scene resulted in 12 of the 25 crew drowning after 10 hours trapped on board. A local resident, Arthur Wilkinson, lost his life trying to save one of the crew who was struggling in the surf. Coffins were made out of the wreck timbers and the men buried on the cliff top above the wreck. The deaths precipitated critical comment in the press over the lack of prompt action. Other news items appeared claiming drunk and disorderly behaviour by plunderers amongst the corpses and wreckage on the beach. The controversy reached parliament.Brown bottleWarner's, Safe, Cure, Melbourne Aust, London Eng, Toronto Can, Rochester NY USAwrecks, salvage, bottle, barque fiji -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Bottle, Best’s St Andrews Vineyard 1977 Jubilee Port (Bottle), 1977
Glass Bottlestawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Bottle, Bests Stawell Golf Club Centenary Port, 1998
Glass Bottlestawell -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, Woodfired Bottle by Hugh Legge, c1987
Hugh LEGGE Hugh Legge attended the Canberra School of Art (at time of Alan Peascod) and moved to Rosedale (near Batemans Bay) back in the 1980s where he was wood firing. His work may be marked with an impressed 'HL' in a circleWoodfired bottlehugh legge, ceramics, jan feder memorial ceramics collection, gippsland campus -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Sauce Bottle, 1878
This Worcestershire Sauce bottle was made by Lee & Perkins. It was hand blown into a two-piece mould, snapped off the blowing rod and then had a separate mouth applied to the neck, as evidenced by the side seams, ripples in the body, join below the mouth, bubbles in the glass and a push-up base that is uneven in thickness. The Loch Ard got its name from ”Loch Ard” a loch that lies to the west of Aberfoyle, and the east of Loch Lomond. It means "high lake" in Scottish Gaelic. The vessel belonged to the famous Loch Line which sailed many vessels from England to Australia. The Loch Ard was built in Glasgow by Barclay, Curdle and Co. in 1873, the vessel was a three-masted square-rigged iron sailing ship that measured 79.87 meters in length, 11.58 m in width, and 7 m in depth with a gross tonnage of 1693 tons with a mainmast that measured a massive 45.7 m in height. Loch Ard made three trips to Australia and one trip to Calcutta before its fateful voyage. Loch Ard left England on March 2, 1878, under the command of 29-year-old Captain Gibbs, who was newly married. The ship was bound for Melbourne with a crew of 37, plus 17 passengers. The general cargo reflected the affluence of Melbourne at the time. Onboard were straw hats, umbrellas, perfumes, clay pipes, pianos, clocks, confectionery, linen and candles, as well as a heavier load of railway irons, cement, lead and copper. There were other items included that were intended for display in the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. The voyage to Port Phillip was long but uneventful. Then at 3 am on June 1, 1878, Captain Gibbs was expecting to see land. But the Loch Ard was running into a fog which greatly reduced visibility. Captain Gibbs was becoming anxious as there was no sign of land or the Cape Otway lighthouse. At 4 am the fog lifted and a lookout aloft announced that he could see breakers. The sheer cliffs of Victoria's west coast came into view, and Captain Gibbs realised that the ship was much closer to them than expected. He ordered as much sail to be set as time would permit and then attempted to steer the vessel out to sea. On coming head-on into the wind, the ship lost momentum, the sails fell limp and Loch Ard's bow swung back towards land. Gibbs then ordered the anchors to be released in an attempt to hold their position. The anchors sank some 50 fathoms - but did not hold. By this time the ship was among the breakers and the tall cliffs of Mutton Bird Island rose behind. Just half a mile from the coast, the ship's bow was suddenly pulled around by the anchor. The captain tried to tack out to sea, but the ship struck a reef at the base of Mutton Bird Island, near Port Campbell. Waves subsequently broke over the ship and the top deck became loosened from the hull. The masts and rigging came crashing down knocking passengers and crew overboard. When a lifeboat was finally launched, it crashed into the side of Loch Ard and capsized. Tom Pearce, who had launched the boat, managed to cling to its overturned hull and shelter beneath it. He drifted out to sea and then on the flood tide came into what is now known as Loch Ard Gorge. He swam to shore, bruised and dazed, and found a cave in which to shelter. Some of the crew stayed below deck to shelter from the falling rigging but drowned when the ship slipped off the reef into deeper water. Eva Carmichael a passenger had raced onto the deck to find out what was happening only to be confronted by towering cliffs looming above the stricken ship. In all the chaos, Captain Gibbs grabbed Eva and said, "If you are saved Eva, let my dear wife know that I died like a sailor". That was the last Eva Carmichael saw of the captain. She was swept off the ship by a huge wave. Eva saw Tom Pearce on a small rocky beach and yelled to attract his attention. He dived in and swam to the exhausted woman and dragged her to shore. He took her to the cave and broke the open case of brandy which had washed up on the beach. He opened a bottle to revive the unconscious woman. A few hours later Tom scaled a cliff in search of help. He followed hoof prints and came by chance upon two men from nearby Glenample Station three and a half miles away. In a complete state of exhaustion, he told the men of the tragedy. Tom then returned to the gorge while the two men rode back to the station to get help. By the time they reached Loch Ard Gorge, it was cold and dark. The two shipwreck survivors were taken to Glenample Station to recover. Eva stayed at the station for six weeks before returning to Ireland by steamship. In Melbourne, Tom Pearce received a hero's welcome. He was presented with the first gold medal of the Royal Humane Society of Victoria and a £1000 cheque from the Victorian Government. Concerts were performed to honour the young man's bravery and to raise money for those who lost family in the disaster. Of the 54 crew members and passengers on board, only two survived: the apprentice, Tom Pearce and the young woman passenger, Eva Carmichael, who lost her family in the tragedy. Ten days after the Loch Ard tragedy, salvage rights to the wreck were sold at auction for £2,120. Cargo valued at £3,000 was salvaged and placed on the beach, but most washed back into the sea when another storm developed. The wreck of Loch Ard still lies at the base of Mutton Bird Island. Much of the cargo has now been salvaged and some items were washed up into Loch Ard Gorge. Cargo and artefacts have also been illegally salvaged over many years before protective legislation was introduced in March 1982. One of the most unlikely pieces of cargo to have survived the shipwreck was a Minton majolica peacock- one of only nine in the world. The peacock was destined for the Melbourne 1880 International Exhibition. It had been well packed, which gave it adequate protection during the violent storm. Today the Minton peacock can be seen at the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum in Warrnambool. From Australia's most dramatic shipwreck, it has now become Australia's most valuable shipwreck artifact and is one of very few 'objects' on the Victorian State Heritage Register. The shipwreck of the Loch Ard is of significance for Victoria and is registered on the Victorian Heritage Register ( S 417). Flagstaff Hill has a varied collection of artefacts from Loch Ard and its collection is significant for being one of the largest accumulation of artefacts from this notable Victorian shipwreck. The collections object is to also give us a snapshot into history so we can interpret the story of this tragic event. The collection is also archaeologically significant as it represents aspects of Victoria's shipping history that allows us to interpret Victoria's social and historical themes of the time. The collections historically significance is that it is associated unfortunately with the worst and best-known shipwreck in Victoria's history.Clear glass bottle with a green tinge. The bottle has an applied mouth, seams from base to mouth, bubbles and impurities in the glass, and uneven glass thickness. Vertical and horizontal inscriptions are raised. The bottle once contained Worcestershire Sauce and was made by Lea and Perkins. Vertical; "LEA & PERKINS" and around shoulder "WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE" flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, sauce bottle, worcestershire sauce, shipwreck artefact, condiment bottle, loch ard artifacts, lea and perkins -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Bottle, Ca. 1855
The slim, green-tinged clear glass condiment bottle was possibly used for storing and serving sauce or salad oil. The handmade bottle would have had an applied lip. It has hand blown into a two-piece mould that finished just below the neck ring, with the rest of the neck and mouth hand blown. It was recovered from the wreck of the Schomberg. ABOUT THE SCHOMBERG (October 6 to December 27, 1855)- When the ship Schomberg was launched in 1855, she was considered the most perfect clipper ship ever to be built. James Baine’s Black Ball Line had commissioned her for their fleet of passenger liners. The Aberdeen builders designed her to sail faster than the clippers designed the three-masted wooden clipper ship to be fast. The timber used for the diagonal planking was British oak with layers of Scottish larch. This luxury emigrant vessel was designed for superior comfort. She had ventilation ducts to provide air to the lower decks and a dining saloon, smoking room, library and bathrooms for the first-class passengers. The master for Schomberg’s maiden voyage was Captain ‘Bully’ Forbes. He drunkenly predicted at her launch that he would make the journey between Liverpool and Melbourne in 60 days. Schomberg departed Liverpool on 6 October 1855 with 430 passengers and 3000 tons of cargo including iron rails and equipment intended the build the Geelong Railway and a bridge over the Yarra from Melbourne to Hawthorn. The poor winds slowed Schomberg’s sail across the equator. She was 78 days out of Liverpool when she ran aground on a sand spit near Peterborough, Victoria, on 27 December; the sand spit and currents were not marked on Forbes’s map. The ship’s Chief Officer spotted the coastal steamer SS Queen at dawn and sent a signal. The master of the SS Queen approached the stranded vessel and all of Schomberg’s passengers safely disembarked. In 1975, 120 years after the Schomberg was wrecked, divers from Flagstaff Hill found an ornate communion set at the wreck site along with many other artefacts. In 1978 a diamond ring was discovered under the concretion in the lid of the communion set, which is currently on display. Former Director of Flagstaff Hill, Peter Ronald, had salvaged most of the artefacts from the wreck. This bottle is significant as an example of an item in common use in the mid-19th century. The Schomberg collection as a whole is of historical and archaeological significance at a State level. Flagstaff Hill’s collection of artefacts from the Schomberg is also significant for its association with the Victorian Heritage Registered shipwreck (VHR S 612). The collection is of prime significance because of the relationship between the objects salvaged, as together they help us to interpret the story of the Schomberg. The collection as a whole is historically significant for representing aspects of Victoria's maritime history and its potential to interpret social and historical themes.Bottle; slim, round, clear, slightly green-tinged, glass condiment bottle, possibly for salad oil or sauce. Handmade bottle with a broken and missing lip and base. The neck is straight and plain down to a high horizontal neck ring. The neck then flares outward towards the shoulder with a vertical ribbed design, finished with a scalloped border on the top of the body. The body has straight sides. Side seams run from below the neck ring to the heel. The glass has imperfections, bubbles and an uneven surface. There is brown sediment on its shoulder. A long white plug is in the narrow part of the neck. The bottle was recovered from the wreck of the Schomberg.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck artefact, john chance, glass bottle, antique bottle, handmade, mouth blown, blown bottle, 19th century bottle, collectable, bottle, two piece mould, food bottle, oil bottle, salad oil bottle, sauce bottle, condiments bottle, neck ring, ribbed sides -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Vader, John and Murray, Brian, Gippsland Ports Maritime Cultural Heritage Desk Study - Lakes Entrance, 1975
Guide to bottle identification, glass makers, household uses, exhibitions, for bottle collectors in Australia.antiques, collections -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Container - Ink Bottle
From the Betty McPhee writing equipment collectionWhite glass round bottle shaped from neck down to a round edge on the bottle.commerce, office equipment / stationery, domestic items, writing equipment