Museum catalogue: Antarctic Collection
Ration box
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Accession no.: | Y: 52/51/1-17 | ||||||||||
Object name: | Ration box | ||||||||||
Title: | Ration box | ||||||||||
Description: | A wooden ration box (1) containing empty cardboard boxes and plastic packets representing the rations supplied to the South Georgia Survey 1951-52. The rations were packed by Andrew Lusk & Co. Ltd. The rations would include cube sugar (2-3), butter (4-5), oats (6-8), pea flour (9), biscuits (10), milk powder (11), chocolate (12-14). | ||||||||||
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Number of items: | 17 | ||||||||||
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Y: 52/51/1: A rectangular wooden box with a hinged lid (two metal hinges along the short edge, reinforced with textile). The edges and corners of the box are reinforced with strips of metal, and the base and lid are lined with sheets of metal. There is a lampwick tie riveted to the front edge of the lid and to the front of the box for tying the lid closed. The lid is stencilled in black with 'S.G.S.' (South Georgia Survey), and the front of the box is printed 'VENESTA LIMITED // VENESTA // BOXES AND BARRELS // VINERY HOUSE QUEEN ST PLACE LONDON'. Y: 52/51/2-3: Two sets of two empty rectangular cardboard boxes of sugar in a plastic packet sealed with sellotape. The boxes are bright green, dark green and white and are printed with, amongst other things: 'TATE & LYLE // LIMITED // LONDON // No 3 // TATE // CUBE // LOAF SUGAR'. The plastic packets are printed in red with: '2 x NOM. 1lb. Pkts. // CUBE SUGAR' and 'SPECIALLY PACKED BY ANDREW LUSK & Co Ltd. LONDON ENG. // PRINTED BY RUNPRINT LTD. BROMLEY KENT ENG.' Y: 52/51/4: An empty rectangular cardboard box wrapped in yellow paper and then in cellophane. The box is printed in red with: 'THIS REPRESENTS 6-lbs BUTTER.' Y: 52/51/5: An empty rectangular cardboard box wrapped in yellow paper and then in cellophane. The box is printed in red with: 'THIS REPRESENTS 1-lb BUTTER.' Y: 52/51/6-7: Two empty rectangular cardboard boxes, the edges of which are covered with sellotape. The boxes are white, with a printed yellow label on either end reading: 'Quick Quaker Oats'. Y: 52/51/8: An empty rectangular cardboard, the edges of which are covered with sellotape. The box is white, with a printed red, yellow, blue and white label on either side reading: 'QUICK // QUAKER OATS // QUICKEST // HOT BREAKFAST'. Y: 52/51/9: A rectangular clear plastic packet, empty. It is printed in red with '2 LB. NETT // PEA FLOUR' and 'SPECIALLY PACKED BY ANDREW LUSK & Co Ltd. LONDON ENG. // PRINTED BY RUNPRINT LTD. BROMLEY KENT ENG.' There are two paper and wire ties stuck to the packet with sellotape. Y: 52/51/10: A rectangular clear plastic packet, empty. It is printed in red with 'BISCUITS // PACKETS' and 'SPECIALLY PACKED BY ANDREW LUSK & Co Ltd. LONDON ENG. // PRINTED BY RUNPRINT LTD. BROMLEY KENT ENG.' There is some sellotape stuck to it. Y: 52/51/11: A rectangular clear plastic packet, empty. It is printed in red with '1 LB. NETT // DRIED MILK POWDER' and 'SPECIALLY PACKED BY ANDREW LUSK & Co Ltd. LONDON ENG. // PRINTED BY RUNPRINT LTD. BROMLEY KENT ENG.' There is a paper and wire tie stuck to the packet with sellotape. Y: 52/51/12-13: Two rectangular clear plastic packets, empty. They are printed in red with '4 x 4oz BARS // CHOCOLATE' and 'SPECIALLY PACKED BY ANDREW LUSK & Co Ltd. LONDON ENG. // PRINTED BY RUNPRINT LTD. BROMLEY KENT ENG.' There is some sellotape stuck to each packet. Y: 52/51/14: A rectangular clear plastic packet. It is printed in red with '4 x 4oz BARS // CHOCOLATE' and 'SPECIALLY PACKED BY ANDREW LUSK & Co Ltd. LONDON ENG. // PRINTED BY RUNPRINT LTD. BROMLEY KENT ENG.' There is a paper and wire tie stuck to the packet with sellotape. The packet contains a sheet of paper and four printed paper labels, cream with brown text, reading: '1/4LB ROWNTREE'S FULL CREAM MILK CHOCOLATE', 'ROWNTREE'S // MILK CHOCOLATE // FULL CREAM' and 'MADE BY // ROWNTREE & CO. LTD. YORK. ENGLAND'. Y: 52/51/15: A rectangular clear plastic packet, empty. Y: 52/51/16: A corrugated card bundle with a brown paper tape, containing metal nails. Y: 52/51/17: Five rectangles of plywood held together with brown paper tape. |
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