Rectangular Blake glass bottle with a short cylindrical neck and a screw-top metal lid as well as an attached paper product identification label; the bottle contains refined poppy oil which was most likely used by Marjorie Winslow when she painted the wax models in the Robertson Collection; the bot…
Rectangular Blake glass bottle with a short cylindrical neck and a screw-top metal lid as well as an attached paper product identification label; the bottle contains refined poppy oil which was most likely used by Marjorie Winslow when she painted the wax models in the Robertson Collection; the bottle's sides are flat and bevelled at the corners to produce eight panels; the bottle front has an attached printed paper label which lists product information; the bottle is unopened and contains all its poppy oil.
Models made between 1940-1945 and this was used in conjunction with the model painting
Material
glass: clear
metal: white
paper: white; red; black; orange
refined poppy oil: light yellow
Inscriptions
The bottom of the bottle has embossed on it the number "3"; the label reads, "WINSOR & NEWTON LTD. // REFINED // POPPY OIL // BLEACHED OVER WATER // WITHOUT CHEMICALS // LONDON . ENGLAND // MADE IN ENGLAND."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A5-5 Box 1 Row G
Dimension Notes
Length: 8.6 cm. x Width: 5.1 cm. x Depth: 3.2 cm.
Condition Remarks
The bottle was dirty and dusty; the metal lid shows one small spot with minor corrosion at the lower edge; the bottle is unopened and contains all of the refined poppy oil; the label is complete and fully legible; there is some minor smudging at the edges
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Document
Other
Reference Comments
Model-making techniques described by Marjorie Winslow in an oral interview (transcribed); "Canadian
Bottle and Stoneware Collector " magazine Issue No. 16, April/May/June 1996, p. 27