waterbottle, waterbottle
Accession Number

NAM.1979-08-65-1

Description

Waterbottle, 1889; made of hard boiled leather; in the shape of a teardrop with an elongated spout at the top on one side of a handle strap; on the other side of the handle is a shorter spout which has been sewn together but for a small drinking hole; a manuscript label on the bottom describes the bottle as Dervish, picked up after the Battle of Toski, 3 Aug 1889, by Capt (later Col) Benjamin Donisthorpe Alsop Donne, Royal Sussex Regiment attached to 10th Bn Egyptian Infantry; label written by his son.

Events

Toski, Battle of, 1889 (Sudan-Abyssinian Frontier 1885-1891)