Glass Bottle: Port

Maker
Sothard and Co Oporto
Description
An empty brown port bottle, labelled twice: 'Douro Port Vintage 1927 Sothord and Co Oporto' and on a label printed in brown and black 'The Byrd Expedition/Antarctica, 1928-29-30./Vintage Port 1927 Grand Hotel/Dunedin..N.Z./R.E.Byrd [facsimile signature]/Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd.' Remains of cork and seal around neck, and fragments of note paper attached with adhesive tape to bottle in two places, signed by members of the expedition.
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Maker
Collecting unit
Antarctica
Measurements
Length: bottle: 305mm
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Associated person notes
A reminder of Byrd's triumphant return to civilization after having achieved the first flight over the Pole on 28 November 1929. A number of the members of the expedition signed the notepaper attached to the bottle, unfortunately these names are almost illegible now. The 'City of New York' and the 'Eleanor Bolling' had arrived back in Dunedin on 10 March 1930.
Associated place
Antarctica
Associated event
British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04 (Discovery)
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
Current rights code
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
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Other id
376
Accession number
2004.9.4
Marks and Inscriptions
Marks/Inscriptions: label printed in brown and black; Type of mark: Label; Method: Printed; Notes: label printed in brown and black 'The Byrd Expedition/Antarctica, 1928-29-30./Vintage Port 1927 Grand Hotel/Dunedin..N.Z./R.E.Byrd [facsimile signature]/Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd.'
Marks/Inscriptions: fragments of note paper; Type of mark: Graffito; Method: Hand-written; Notes: fragments of note paper attached with adhesive tape to bottle in two places, signed by members of the expedition.

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