Bottle of Sperm Whale Oil

Bottle of Sperm Whale Oil
Made by Jahres Fabrikker
Crude sperm oil
Donated by Jahres Fabrikker [A/S]
Museum number Temp. Number 2403
Bottle of sperm whale oil in wide necked bottle. The oil is s light brown-golden colour and looks not unpleasant. Although Dundee was not directly involved in the Southern or sperm whaling industry, many Dundee men worked in the whaling vessels.