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; bottle's sides are flat and bevelled at the corners to produce eight panels; the bottle front has an attached prin…
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; 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 contains approximately 3/4 of its contents.
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 "1"; 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 has been opened but presently the lid will not readily come off; about 3/4 of the contents are still inside the bottle; the label is complete and legible; there is some wear at the sides
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
Research Facts
Used by Marjorie Winslow when she painted the wax anatomical models in the Robertson Collection
Exhibit History
May 2006: "Medical Art Through the Ages: The History of Anatomical Teaching Models."
On exhibit: "Medical Art throughout the Ages: Moulages," Kingston Museum of Health Care, Sept. 2007