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Pannikin and cup
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| Accession no.: | N: 1121 | ||||||||||
| Object name: | Pannikin and cup | ||||||||||
| Title: | Pannikin and cup | ||||||||||
| Description: | An aluminium pannikin (1) and drinking cup (2) for sledging, which belonged to Lieutenant Charles Royds and was used on the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04 (Discovery). The initials 'C.W.R.R.' and the name 'Royds' are scratched on the base of each. | ||||||||||
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| Number of items: | 2 | ||||||||||
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pannikin: A lightweight aluminium pannikin with a round and stepped base, inward-sloping sides, and a pouring lip in the rim. A strip of aluminium has been fixed to one side of the pannikin (to the left of the lip when looking from above) with three sets of two rivets to create two narrow loops, through which two metal rings are passed to form a handle which can be folded flat around the sides , and each metal wring has a piece of thin wire wrapped around it. The base is stamped 'C.W.R.R.' (Charles William Rawson Royds), and is also scratched 'Royds'. cup: An aluminium drinking cup with slightly flared sides. The base is stamped 'C.W.R.R.' (Charles William Rawson Royds), and is also scratched 'Royds'. |
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