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Bead. A small pale blue star shaped bead with six points and a hole in the centre, made of a rough ceramic like material.
Shape: 6-pointed star.
Bone toggle. A small toggle made of bone. One end has broken off.
Calcined, broken, bobbin-shaped bead with central perforation. A collared urn was found by Leslie Mutch, the 9 year old son of Mr and Mrs Mutch who farmed the Mains of Carnousie. Contents of the urn included this broken bead or toggle, some pieces…
Barometer. A tall, cylindrical barometer painted black with rings for suspending it.
Ship's barometer, with thermometer, balluster type.
Inscription: Berry & Mackay Aberdeen
Inscription: Berry & Mackay Aberdeen
Police hat. A dark blue cap with a black and white chequered band and a shiny black visor.
Modern (1990s) Grampian police hat.
Walking stick. A crooked, knobbly wooden stick about a metre long with a crook at one end for a handle.
Walking stick used with the highland dress given to Lt Col W Lachlan Forbes by Pat MacGregor Ca?
Inscription: the words rough part Strachan ? on original label retyped 5/4/68
Inscription: the words rough part Strachan ? on original label retyped 5/4/68
Skewer
Corroded iron object, variously labelled 'arrow head' and 'skewer'.
Powder Flask
Powder flask, made of black horn with a cigar-shaped body and with two sizes of powder measure, one at each end (probably to measure the powder required for pistol, shooting gun and large bore gun). Used by the Reverend Alexander John Forsyth who…
Print of the Aberdeen weigh house. A long building with a gable roof, small dormers, square windows, three simple wooden doors leading on to a balcony accessible by a staircase on the outside, and two large arched wooden doors on the lower level.
Black and white print of the Weigh House.
Inscription: The Weigh House
Inscription: The Weigh House
Print of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen. A print of the front of a cathedral with a large arched doorway, three large slightly pointed arch shaped windows with tracery, four decorative towers, crenelated roof lines and a cross at the peak of the central roof.
Engraving of St. Andrew's Cathedral as designed by Archibald Simpson 1822.
Print. A winding street of terraced houses with some pedestrians. The focus is a house with three turret like structures up the sides and overhanging the street.
Etching of a house with turrets. Monogram 'R' top right - for George Reid (1841-1913).
Inscription: Top right: R
Inscription: Top right: R