item details
NameShips Biscuits
ProductionUnknown; manufacturer(s); circa 1900; New Zealand
Classificationcanisters, biscuit boxes
Materialstin, food, hardtack, biscuit
DimensionsOverall: 280mm (width), 380mm (height), 240mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH003520
Credit lineField Collection, 1947
Overview
This tin of biscuits would have been left at the Antipodes Island depot for castaway sailors by an NZ Government vessel on one of the regular visits to the southern islands to service the depots and search for castaways.