17 specimen(s) of early preserved food

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British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association/Science Museum, London

British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association/Science Museum, London

British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association/Science Museum, London

British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association/Science Museum, London

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British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association/Science Museum, London

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Selection of 17 specimen(s) of early preserved food. [listed as items (a) to (q) in ledger]

Details

Category:
Industrial Chemistry
Object Number:
1965-239
type:
specimens
credit:
British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association.

Parts

Empty tin of plum pudding - Boer War ration pack

(a) Empty tin of plum pudding - Boer War ration pack, 1899-1902.

Measurements:
overall: 65 mm 110 mm, .11kg
Materials:
steel (metal) , tin plated and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
1965-239/1
type:
tin can and rations
Image ©
British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association/Science Museum, London
Box for empty tin of plum pudding

Box for empty tin of plum pudding

Box for empty tin of plum pudding

Object Number:
1965-239/1/1
type:
box:container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1965-239/1
Empty tin of plum pudding from Boer War ration pack

Empty tin of plum pudding from Boer War ration pack

Empty tin of plum pudding from Boer War ration pack

Object Number:
1965-239/1/2
type:
food tin
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1965-239/1
(b) Herring in tomato sauce - Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition

(b) Herring in tomato sauce - Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition

(b) Herring in tomato sauce - Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition, 1908.

Object Number:
1965-239/2
type:
food tin
(c) Tin of beef suet - Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition

(c) Tin of beef suet - Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition

(c) Tin of beef suet - Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition, 1908.

Object Number:
1965-239/3
type:
food tin
Box for tin of beef suet

Box for tin of beef suet

Box for tin of beef suet

Object Number:
1965-239/3/2
type:
box:container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1965-239/3

Empty tin of stewed kidneys taken on Scott's Antarctic Expedition of 1910

(d) Empty tin of stewed kidneys by John Moir & Son Ltd., England, 1905-10. Taken on Scott's Antarctic Expedition of 1910.

Measurements:
overall: 125 mm 110 mm, .2kg
Materials:
steel (metal) , tin plated and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
1965-239/4
type:
tin can
Image ©
British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association/Science Museum, London
Box for tin of stewed kidneys taken on Scott's Antarctic Expedition of 1910

Box for tin of stewed kidneys taken on Scott's Antarctic Expedition of 1910

Box for Empty tin of stewed kidneys by John Moir & Son Ltd., England, 1905-10, taken on Scott's Antarctic Expedition of 1910.

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
1965-239/4/1
type:
box - container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1965-239/4
Empty tin of stewed kidneys taken on Scott's Antarctic Expedition of 1910

Empty tin of stewed kidneys taken on Scott's Antarctic Expedition of 1910

(d) Empty tin of stewed kidneys by John Moir & Son Ltd., England, 1905-10. Taken on Scott's Antarctic Expedition of 1910.

Measurements:
overall: 125 mm 110 mm, .2 kg
Materials:
steel (metal) , tin plated and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
1965-239/4/2
type:
food tin
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1965-239/4

'World's oldest tin', empty roast veal tin, 1823

(e) World's oldest tin, empty - Arctic North West Passage Voyage, William Edward Parry, 1823 (Roast Veal).

Measurements:
overall: 180 mm 180 mm, .62kg
Materials:
steel (metal) and tin plated
Object Number:
1965-239/5
type:
food tin
Image ©
British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association/Science Museum, London
Box for "World's oldest tin"

Box for "World's oldest tin"

Box for "World's oldest tin"

Object Number:
1965-239/5/1
type:
box:container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1965-239/5
"World's oldest tin"; empty roast veal tin, 1823

"World's oldest tin"; empty roast veal tin, 1823

Empty food can, formerly described as the "World's oldest tin", believed to have contained roast veal and made by the company Donkin, Hall and Gamble in 1823, for the 1824 Arctic expedition in search of the North West Passage led by William Parry.

Object Number:
1965-239/5/2
type:
food tin
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1965-239/5
Five tins gravy soup (one empty), Boer War ration pack

Five tins gravy soup (one empty), Boer War ration pack

(f) Five tins gravy soup (one empty), Boer War ration pack 1899 to 1901 (emergency rations).

Object Number:
1965-239/6
type:
tin can and rations
Image ©
British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association/Science Museum, London

Empty tin of gravy soup from Boer War emergency ration pack

(f) Empty tin of gravy soup by John Gallon & Co., Leith. Boer War ration pack, 1899-1902 (emergency rations).

Measurements:
overall: 120 mm 80 mm, .12kg
Materials:
paper (fibre product) , steel (metal) and tin plated
Object Number:
1965-239/6/1
type:
tin can and rations
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1965-239/6
(f) Tin of gravy soup

(f) Tin of gravy soup

(f) Tin of gravy soup, one of four, Boer War ration pack 1899 to 1901 (emergency rations).

Object Number:
1965-239/6/2
type:
tin can
Part of:
1965-239/6
(f) Tin of gravy soup

(f) Tin of gravy soup

(f) Tin of gravy soup, one of four, Boer War ration pack 1899 to 1901 (emergency rations).

Object Number:
1965-239/6/2/3
type:
tin can
Part of:
1965-239/6/2
(f) Tin of gravy soup

(f) Tin of gravy soup

(f) Tin of gravy soup, one of four, Boer War ration pack 1899 to 1901 (emergency rations).

Object Number:
1965-239/6/2/4
type:
tin can
Part of:
1965-239/6/2
Empty tin of gravy soup, Boer War ration pack

Empty tin of gravy soup, Boer War ration pack

(f) Empty tin of gravy soup, one of four, Boer War ration pack 1899 to 1901 (emergency rations).

Object Number:
1965-239/6/2/5
type:
tin can
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1965-239/6/2
(g) Concentrated beef - Scott's Antarctic Expedition 1910

(g) Concentrated beef - Scott's Antarctic Expedition 1910

(g) Concentrated beef - Scott's Antarctic Expedition 1910.

Object Number:
1965-239/7
type:
food tin

Tin of cocoa used on Scott's Antarctic Expedition of 1910

(h) Tin of cocoa with contents, 1905-10. Used on Scott's Antarctic Expedition of 1910.

Measurements:
overall: 130 mm 75 mm, .345kg
Materials:
paper (fibre product) , steel (metal) and tin plated
Object Number:
1965-239/8
type:
tin can
Image ©
British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association/Science Museum, London
Box for tin of cocoa used on Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910

Box for tin of cocoa used on Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910

Box for tin of cocoa used on Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910

Object Number:
1965-239/8/1
type:
box:container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1965-239/8
Tin of cocoa used on Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910

Tin of cocoa used on Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910

Tin of cocoa used on Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910

Object Number:
1965-239/8/2
type:
food tin
Part of:
1965-239/8
(i) Tin of mustard - Scott's Antartic Expedition 1910

(i) Tin of mustard - Scott's Antartic Expedition 1910

(i) Tin of mustard - Scott's Antarctic Expedition 1910.

Object Number:
1965-239/9
type:
tin can
Two cylindrical tins, part of Boer War emergency ration pack.

Two cylindrical tins, part of Boer War emergency ration pack.

(j) Two cylindrical tins - Boer War emergency rations.

Object Number:
1965-239/10
type:
tins
Tin from Boer War emergency rations

Tin from Boer War emergency rations

(j) Long cylindrical tin, one of two, Boer War emergency rations, British, 1899-1902.

Measurements:
overall: 145 mm 55 mm, .335kg
Materials:
steel (metal) and tin plated
Object Number:
1965-239/10/1
type:
tin can and rations
Part of:
1965-239/10
Tin from Boer War emergency rations

Tin from Boer War emergency rations

(j) Squat cylindrical tin, one of two, Boer War emergency rations, British, 1899-1902.

Measurements:
overall: 120 mm 110 mm, 1.05kg
Materials:
steel (metal) and tin plated
Object Number:
1965-239/10/2
type:
tin can and rations
Part of:
1965-239/10
Jar: Christmas pudding, ex Crosse & Blackwell, 1900

Jar: Christmas pudding, ex Crosse & Blackwell, 1900

(k) One jar - Christmas pudding ex Crosse & Blackwell 1900, 11th Dec.1958 [sic]

Object Number:
1965-239/11
type:
jar and foodstuff
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
(l) Tin of chocolate - South Africa 1900

(l) Tin of chocolate - South Africa 1900

(l) Tin of chocolate - South Africa 1900.

Object Number:
1965-239/12
type:
tin can
(m) Two tins "Emergency Ration" - Boer War

(m) Two tins "Emergency Ration" - Boer War

(m) Two tins "Emergency Ration" - Boer War.

Object Number:
1965-239/13
type:
tin can
(n) Two tins Ship's Biscuits (decorated)

(n) Two tins Ship's Biscuits (decorated)

(n) Two tins Ship's Biscuits (decorated).

Object Number:
1965-239/14
type:
tin can

Boer War ration tin

(q) One flat tin - Boer War ration marked 'Belgrave'

Measurements:
overall: 105 mm x 85 mm x 30 mm, .27kg
Materials:
steel (metal) and tin plated
Object Number:
1965-239/17
type:
tins
Image ©
British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association/Science Museum, London
Label from tin of concentrated beef

Label from tin of concentrated beef

Label from tin of concentrated beef

Object Number:
1965-239/18
type:
label
Label from tin of Atora beef suet

Label from tin of Atora beef suet

Label from tin of Atora beef suet

Object Number:
1965-239/19
type:
label