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M - Mould to museum

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A large printed capital letter M with various moulds.
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mould n 
A template, a surface from which an impression is taken, a pattern.

Axe head and chisel mould. A block of sandstone with axe head and bar shaped depressions on the sides.

Sandstone mould for six bronze axe-heads and two chisels, Insch, Aberdeenshire (c2000-1800 BC).

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Axe head. A flat bronze axe head with an uneven surface and old labels stuck to it.

Cast bronze axe head which fits into the larger depression on the mould, Feteresso, Kincardineshire (c2400-1800 BC).

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Crusie mould. A large round lump of stone with a deep leaf shaped depression in it, and the date 1745 carved into it.

Stone mould for a crusie lamp from Skene, Aberdeenshire (1745?).

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Crusie lamp. Two leaf shaped iron dishes fastened to a handle with a hook. The upper dish is lidded and hangs on a ratchet above the lower dish.

Crusie lamp (18th - 19th cent.)

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Button mould. A piece of slate with two depressions: the outline of a heart with a crown on top, and a disc with a cross in it.

Button mould made of slate (18th - 19th cent.)

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Bullet mould. Two brass bars with six half spherical depressions, hinged together at the end. A spherical lead bullet sits in one of the depressions.

Mould for six lead bullets, Aberdeenshire (late 18th - early 19th cent.)

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Bullet moulds. A tongs like device with a box on the ends.

Combined conical and spherical bullet mould, Newhills, Aberdeenshire (19th cent.)

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Bullet mould. A tongs like device with half a spherical mould on the end of each arm, with a spherical lead bullet.

Spherical bullet mould, Newhills, Aberdeenshire (18th - early 19th cent.)

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Pipe mould. Two thick pieces of metal, each with half a pipe shaped depression. One piece has pegs which fit into holes on the other piece.

Pipe mould from Aberdeen (19th cent.)

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Spoon mould. Two pieces of wood hinged together. On one piece is an oval depression, on the other a raised area the same shape.

Mould for horn spoon, Aberdeenshire (18th - 19th cent.)

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Candle mould. A long hollow cylinder with a cone shaped screw top.

Two piece pewter candle mould, Banffshire (late 18th - early 19th cent.)

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Candle mould. Four hollow metal cylinders with pointed tips attached to a rectangular dish.

Mould for four candles, Kinellar, Aberdeenshire.

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museum 
1 n orig A temple of the muses 
2 n A place of study, a collection of curiosities, an institution or place where objects are collected for study, exhibition, and education.

...the Anthropological museum, consists of specimens which have been collected and arranged in order to illustrate, in so far as they can, the habits, customs and culture of the different races on Man.
Prof R..W. Reid (Curator 1907-1938) 1912 Illustrated Catalogue of the Anthropological Museum.

The collection is a resource for illustrating the wonder and variety of human culture, for making manifest the abstractions of social science and for conveying the principles of humanism, objectivity and aesthetic awareness. 
Charles Hunt (Curator 1979-1998) 1986 Scottish Museum News

Museum catalogue. An open book with a numbered list of objects such as beads and brooches. The size, materials and decorative elements of the objects are described and some are depicted with black and white photographs.

Pages from the Illustrated Catalogue of the Anthropological Museum, University of Aberdeen by R.W. Reid, Professor of Anatomy, Curator of the Museum, 1912.

Zoology display. Taxidermy birds in a display case.

A display from the University of Aberdeen's Zoology Museum.

M - Mould to museum