Bottle (10A09)
A stoneware bottle that once contained liquid blacking recovered from Plymouth Sound. The inscription on the bottle reads 'Warrens Liquid Blacking, 14 St Martins Lane, Charing Crofs (Cross)'.
Robert Warren manufactured and sold a liquid preservative used for keeping black leather supple or for colouring iron products such as stoves or fireplaces.
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References
Charles Dickens, Warren's Blacking and the Chancery Court
