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British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
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British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
A pair of wire-gauze and smoked glass Snow Goggles in an oval tin; with a piece of pine packing case stamped 'BRITISH/ANTARCTIC/EXPEDITION/1907', 7 5/8 x 11¾in. (9.3 x 29.7cm.)
PROVENANCE:
Brought back on S.Y. Nimrod and 'swapped by a sailor for a plug of tobacco' (according to a modern note within the goggles tin).
A pair of wire-gauze and smoked glass Snow Goggles in an oval tin; with a piece of pine packing case stamped 'BRITISH/ANTARCTIC/EXPEDITION/1907', 7 5/8 x 11¾in. (9.3 x 29.7cm.)
PROVENANCE:
Brought back on S.Y. Nimrod and 'swapped by a sailor for a plug of tobacco' (according to a modern note within the goggles tin).
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