Historical information

Probably from the wreck of the Joseph H Scammell as it was found in a rock pool at low tide at Point Danger, where the Scammell was shipwrecked. The Joseph H Scammell was a Canadian sailing ship that was wrecked off Point Danger, adjacent to the township of Torquay, on the 7th May 1891 on a voyage from New York to Melbourne with a general cargo worth $120,000 No lives were lost. Captain John albert Chapman was suspended as a ships master for 12 months.
Whittemore Brothers Company was a large producer of shoe polish in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, between 1852 and the 1930s.

Physical description

Small bottle, aqua in colour, containing traces of shoe polish and embossed with the maker "Whittemore". A cork stopper has been added later.

Inscriptions & markings

Whittemore/Boston/USA