Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in brown lightly waxed paper wrapper

PART OF:
Collection of nine permitted and seven non-permitted dummy explosives
Made:
1877-1926 in Ardeer
maker:
Nobel's Explosives Company Limited
Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in brown lightly

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Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in brown lightly waxed paper wrapper with black printing with diagonal stripes, printed: ‘P P’; ‘POLAR AJAX’; ‘Alfred Nobel’; Nobel's Explosives Company Limited Trademark; ‘1¼ INS GLASGOW 8OZS’; ‘NOT MORE IN ONE SHOT HOLE’; ‘THAN 48ozs IN A STONE DRIFT’; ‘OR 28ozs ELSEWHERE’, by Nobel's Explosives Company Limited, Ardeer, Scotland, 1877-1926

Details

Category:
Mining & Ore Dressing
Object Number:
1969-556/15
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
explosive substitute