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Glass perfume bottle, with contents

Glass perfume bottle, with contents

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New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa

Clear glass perfume bottle, probably with perfume still inside. Broken glass stopper in neck, and bottle still half full with liquid. Several fractures in bottle. Star-burst pattern on base. One of a collection of domestic items salvaged in the 1970s from the SS MAORI which ship wrecked in 1909 off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa.

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  • Title

    Glass perfume bottle, with contents

  • Maker

    Unknown

  • Date made

    Pre 1909

  • Subject

    SS MAORI, Shipwreck, Accidents, Objects, bottle

  • Additional information

    Glass: 0 - Whole, Cork: 0 - Whole, Foodstuff: 0 - Whole, 3D objects (HxWxD): H 240 x W 40 x D 40mm: 0 - Whole

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New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa

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New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa

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