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Nails. Ten large iron nails with squarish cross sections, ranging in length from five to ten centimetres.
9 of these nails are on display (19/04/2001) in North Gallery. Excavated from gatehouse.
Neep Knife Neep Puller
Wooden handle, with curved blade (sickle bladed) in iron, and one prong at tip. One of a number of items (eg ABDUA 15895 to 15915) donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, some of which were used on the farm of Darnabo, near Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. Most of…
Two pieces of timber.
Two pieces of oak, from Byron's house in Broad Street, Aberdeen.
Mortsafe model. Three wooden poles arranged in a pyramid shape over a hole in the ground. Hanging over the hole is a coffin shaped slab of stone, suspended from the poles by a series of hooked metal bars and a winch.
Model of an early nineteenth-century Inverurie mortsafe - the original would have been placed over recent burials to prevent the removal of bodies for study.
Pepper mill. Dark wooden cylinder with turned bands, with a knob at the top.
Wooden mill, used for grinding pepper.
Antler. A bleached antler, with cracks and some pieces broken off.
Reindeer antler (Rangifer tarandus) from Moss of Cruden, Aberdeenshire.
Aurochs skull. The upper part of the skull of a cow like animal, with large horns extending horizontally from the sides of the cranium with a slight twist.
Auroch's skull (Bos primigenius) from Moss of Cruden, Aberdeenshire.
Album. A large book bound in red leather. The book is open on the first pages. On the left page is an illustration of shinty sticks with ribbons and scrolls. The right page is richly decorated with colour illustrations of a ship, crossed swords, the University of Aberdeen's coat of arms, the Littlejohn of Invercharron Challenge Vase, an elderly white man in a black gown and an another in highland dress, King's College, a student in a red gown, and Marischal College. Colourful gilded borders of knotwork border the illustrations.
The 'Littlejohn of Invercharron Challenge Vase Album', illuminated, leather bound. Records the details of Alexander Littlejohn offering Aberdeen University Athletic Club a 'shinty trophy' in 1905.
Book Notebook (2)
Two of Thomas Reid's notebooks. Photograph shows the cover of one notebook ( 'The Mice in Council') and the other notebook open.
Portrait medallion. The face and upper torso of an elderly white man with a curly wig in profile, sculpted in relief, made of a smooth white material. The portrait is on a blue background in an oval shaped dark wooden frame.
Portrait medallion of Thomas Reid, in white on a pale blue background, by James Tassie, 1791. There is an inscription on the shoulder area of the portrait. Proabably made from a soft porcelain paste, mounted in an oval wooden frame, and…