Chocolate box

A small square burgundy coloured cardboard box. Te box is completely covered in selotape. The inside of the box is filled with cotton wool. A label attached to the box reads “CHOCOLATE FROM THE ARCTIC. THIS CHOCOLATE WAS BOUGHT HOME BY THE S.S. NIMROD, HAVING BEEN IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS SINCE 1900. IT WAS LEFT THERE BY CAPTAIN SCOTT OF THE ‘DISCOVERY’”.

Object Details

ID: ZBA2144.1
Type: Chocolate box
Display location: Not on display
Places: Bristol
Date made: Circa 1900
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 95 x 95 x 28 mm
Parts: Pieces of chocolate (Chocolate)
  • Chocolate box (Chocolate box) (ZBA2144.1)