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Charm Amulet
Smooth oval-shaped stone. Handwritten label on one side.
Inscription: Label: Charm Stone. Had been handed down in an Inverurie family as a Lucky Stone
Inscription: Label: Charm Stone. Had been handed down in an Inverurie family as a Lucky Stone
Charm Amulet
Shape: cross-shaped (central perforation).
Cheese thermometer. A pointed glass cylinder with mercury at the bottom and the numbers 0 to 240 in increments of ten marked up it. In red is marked Zero at 0 degrees, Freezing at 32 degrees, Churning at 62 degrees, Cheese at 85 degrees, Pasteurising at 152 degrees and Water Boil at 212 degrees.
Thermometer in cylindrical case.
Christening bowl. A pewter bowl in a bracket allowing it to be held on a wall.
Bracket in wrought iron, holding a christening bowl in pewter. Found under the pulpit of the Parish Church at New Machar, Aberdeenshire, 1898.
Christening robe. Puffy, short sleeves, decorated all over the front with lace.
Christening-robe, 175 years old, exquisite lace and delicately hand-sewn on fine lawn. Worn by Alexander Elder, and a member of the Anton family (given by Mrs Catherine Levie, Anton being her previous married name).
Civil defence literature. A small booklet with a message from the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Scotland explaining that civil defence is to "adapt ourselves to the reality that we at present must live with, and to prepare ourselves so that we could alleviate the suffering which war would cause if it came". Further in the text are headings such as "Why bother with civil defence?" and "But surely there is no real protection against a nuclear attack?".
Modern (20th century) civil defence literature. 'Civil Defence why we need it' HMSO 1986.
Claymore. A sword almost a metre and a half long, with a handle covered in leather and wrapped decoratively with cord in a series of X shapes, a large round pommel and a simple cross guard with loops extending perpendicular to the handle.
Two-handed sword, grip is wood covered with cloth and knotted with string in a diamond pattern. Has been cut short to 'Highland length'. Guard shape: ring-like. Quillons: scroll-shaped. Is reputed to be the Tolquhon Sword through its association…
Claymore. A sword almost a metre and a half long, with a squarish handle covered in leather decorated with bands of horizontal lines, a ridged cylindrical pommel, a cross guard terminating in diamond shaped loops at each end, and large oval shaped guards on both sides of the handle.
Two-handed sword. Guard type: double shell. Quillon shape: pierced diamonds. The grip is wood, covered with leather which is tooled transversely in about 11 groups of 4 lines.
Inscription: [has the mark of a Solingen smith]
Inscription: [has the mark of a Solingen smith]