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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…
Lamp. A small metal lamp with a spout on either side.
Shape: bucket-like (double wick)
Spear point. An orange flint spear point about 9 centimetres long, roughly oval shaped.
Flint tool, a large laurel leaf point made in grey-brown flint, shaped by pressure flaking, with some shallow invasive retouch to sharpen the edges. More pointed at one end, but that tip has been either broken or removed. The end has then been…
Knife
Large knife made on a flake of black volcanic rock, perhaps pitchstone. It has a keeled back, and has been ground over the whole surface, with extra polishing/grinding to sharpen blade down one side. Parallel grooves visible on blade - maybe use…
Sinker
Ovoid stone, granite, with grooves longitudinally and around waist. Used as a weight or sinker for fishing nets.
Pipe. An ornate pipe, consisting of a white cup gripped by a hand with a shirt cuff joined on to the handle. The cup is labelled Presented by Queen Victoria to Her Commissioner Dr. Profeit at Balmoral. The pipe has a black leather case lined with green silk.
Pipe made in meerschaum in the shape of a hand holding an egg. The white egg forms the bowl of the pipe and the arm and wrist (honey-coloured meerschaum), the stem is made of amber. The handwritten label reads ' Presented by Queen Victoria to her…
Pipe
One of a group of 13 clay 'dregy' pipes, used at funerals. Six with trade marks. Bowl decoration, at the top: incised lines.