box, sterilizing

Sterilising box. Brass stand supporting copper box with loop handles on ends and lid. Contains fitted perforated tray with loop handles. With closed copper container on top. With four holes on top closed by round screw lids. Inscribed on lid: 'Wm Ibbotson Tempy Surgeon RN, a memento of Jutland 31/5/1916 HMS New Zealand'.

Object Details

ID: TOA0125
Collection: Lifesaving and medical equipment
Type: box, sterilizing
Display location: Not on display
Events: World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916; World War I, 1914-1918
Date made: ca.1916
People: Ibbotson, William, Temp Surgfl.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 235 x 280 x 260 mm
Parts: box, sterilizing