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Arrow Arrow Head
Flint arrowhead. Type: barbed and tanged / Kilmarnock n.
Still Pot Head Still
Still pot head, with two tubes or horns, one in copper and one in iron. 'Used by whisky smugglers'.
Crosscut saw. A large saw about half a metre long.
Nineteenth century crosscut saw, from Aberdeenshire.
Inscription: Old label: 571
Inscription: Old label: 571
Adze. An adze with a wide, flat rusty iron head and a wooden handle.
Hand adze, perhaps used by coopers to strip bark off trees. 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 the items date to…
Measuring ladle. A small metal mug shaped measure with a large handle.
Measure, mug-like shape with handle, capacity 1 pint.
Inscription: 1 pint
Inscription: 1 pint
Measure pot. A metal jug with a fat body and five incised horizontal lines on it. The letters I G M P are stamped on the handle.
Aberdeen 'pot belly' measure pot, decoration: 5 incised bands, on base: spiral.
Inscription: on handle: IGMP SJ
Inscription: on handle: IGMP SJ
Axe head. A rough stone oblong axe head, with the inscription 39 HILL OF NOTH RHYNIE painted on.
Polished stone axe head, type: splayed & narrow butt.
Inscription: 39 HILL OF NOTH RHYNIE
Inscription: 39 HILL OF NOTH RHYNIE
Beaker. Pewter beaker with thick foot and the inscription For the Church of Peterhead 1729 near the rim.
Pewter communion beaker, tubular shape with flaring rim and expanded foot. Inscribed: ' For the Church of Peterhead 1729'.
Inscription: FOR THE CHURCH OF PETERHEAD 1729
Inscription: FOR THE CHURCH OF PETERHEAD 1729
Comb. Small comb made of bone, broken in half with some teeth missing. Decorated with incised lines along the top edges and teeth, and with a pierced hole.
Bone comb (broken), single-sided with a high back that was pierced by a circular hole and edged by two incised lines. The teeth are rectangular in cross-section. Dated to around AD 1500, comes from Orkney and may have been used as a hair ornament.
Heraldic panel. A large square dark wooden panel, about a metre wide, carved with a coat of arms containing a lion, held aloft by two chained unicorns with crowns around their necks. Above the coat of arms is a knight's helmet with a crown, and a lion holding a sword and flag on top. The background is filled with oak leaves.
Plaque, heraldic panel, with the arms of James V and initials of William Rolland, moneyer in Aberdeen.
Inscription: IN MY DEFENS VR
Inscription: IN MY DEFENS VR