Rubber bottle or pouchUse: MATERIALS - Latex/Rubber User: Man
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MATERIALS - Latex/Rubber
Storage
Bottles, boxes etc
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Donor
Binnerts Mrs A
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Donor Notes
Dr JC Willis
Collector
Swainson William
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Collection Notes
Collection Date
00/00/1817
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Label source: Handwriting on loose lip is that of Dr JC Willis FRS.x0Dx0AEntry Book: Borracha or rubber bottle collected in Brazil by William Swainson FRS in 1817 and exhibited at the Rubber Exhibition in Rio de Janeiro by his grandnephew Dr JC Willis, FRS, (, father of the donor). Possibly the oldest specimen of rubber of known date existing.x0Dx0AAlso see EBC44078x0Dx0ALooks like a pouch, possibly a tobacco pouch?x0Dx0Ax0Dx0A