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Bellarmine wine jar. A fat mottled brown ceramic bottle with a design containing a love heart stamped on the middle, and on the neck a face of a grimacing elderly bearded man with bushy eyebrows. The upper neck has broken off.
Wine jar, 'Greybeard' or 'Bellarmine' type. Neck broken off. According to donor, Dr W D Simpson, in 1938: 'Dredged up by a trawler off the mouth of Aberdeen Harbour.'
Communion cup. A turned wooden goblet with decorative rings around the middle, stem and foot.
Maple-wood chalice came from Greyfriars Church when it was demolished in 1903. Probably used as an ornament, perhaps one of a pair (pronounced angular rim is not suitable for drinking from so unlikely to be a communion chalice). Made between 1650…
Padlock. A large square padlock, almost a foot wide, with a large key with a circular handle which has a decorative quatrefoil cut out of it. The lock is on a plate with large diamond shaped rivets to affix it to a wall.
With key. Hinged cover to protect key hole broken. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue' and collector's hand-written catalogue (Thomson 1862) state 'Gillespie the Murderer the last confined by it'.
Fetters
Pair of fetters, for the ankles, made of iron with a short (three link) chain between the two leg pieces. Screw lock for each leg piece. Decoration, lock (bottom):circle design (repeat chevrons).
Frying pan. A wide circular iron pan with a spout, and a handle looping over the top.
Iron frying pan, or girdle, with spout or lip. Used for baking bannocks, scones and oatcakes, and also for frying or melting fat, perhaps for tallow candles, the lip allowing liquids to be poured out. Handle allowing girdle to be hung over the fire…
Creeper. A large iron fork with three flat prongs about a foot long.
Three-pronged, used for spreading manure.
Dye bath paddle. A large flat piece of iron shaped like a bowtie, with a thin handle projecting from the centre.
"The textile industry developed during the 18th century with the introduction of mechanical methods of production. The demand for factory-made items also increased. At Garlogie Mill the 1830s beam engine supplemented the water-driven machinery for…
Bread Spade Bannock Spade
Bannock spade with a heart-shaped blade, used to turn bannocks, scones and oatcakes while cooking on an iron girdle or griddle.
Neep Puller
Turnip puller, handle in wood, steel blade made from a triple-fluted broadsword (so has a straight blade rather than the usual curved one). Used in the hand lifting of turnips - the hook at the end is hooked into the root as it is lifted.
Neep click. A long iron fork with two curved prongs, with a wooden handle.
Neep puller, iron, two-pronged with loop on back, wooden handle. 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…