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Urn with grave goods. Large earthenware urn with incised cross hatched decoration, and flint flakes, clay pin heads, a stone pendant and a bone toggle.
Cordoned urn (with two low mouldings or cordons). The collar area (above one of the cordons) and internal bevelled rim are decorated with comb-impression cross-hatching. Found, protected by a small cist, at Seggiecrook, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire…
Pendant amulet. A small, flat rounded rectangular piece of beige stone with a circular hole drilled in one end.
Perforated. Was found at Drumdurno Farm, Pittodrie, Pitcaple, Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire.
Penny. A small silver coin with a portrait of a man wearing a crown on one side, and a cross with three circles between each arm on the other. The edges of the coin are chipped and cracked.
Coin, penny. Obv: Bust of king, facing, crowned. Rev: Long cross pattee with three pellets in each angle.
Inscription: Obv: IACOBVS [ .DI.GRA.REX. ] REV: [ VILLA.ABERDON ]
Inscription: Obv: IACOBVS [ .DI.GRA.REX. ] REV: [ VILLA.ABERDON ]
Medallion. Grey metal medallion. On one side is a profile of a large man wearing a cuirass, around the edges is inscribed GULIELMUS GEOR II R FIL DUX CUMBRIAE. On the other a heroic male figure wearing a lion's skin stand over a vanquished medusa and assists a woman with a spear and a shield with the Union Flag on it. At the bottom is inscribed ERDVELIB EX ANG FUGAT AD CULLOD DEBELLAT 16 APR 1746.
Commemorative Medal. Silver, round. Obverse: GULIELMUS. GEOR. II R. FIL. DUX.CUMBRIAE Bust of Cumberland, cuirassed, draped with lion skin right. On shoulder: R. YEO.F. Reverse: Herakles, naked save for skin of Newmean lion standing left, raising…
Seal bulla. A small lead disc. On one side in relief is a design of two bearded heads on either side of a tree like shape with a dagger in the middle and the inscription SPASPE. On the other side is the inscription CLE MENS PPVI with flowers and a border of dots.
Papal bulla (seal), of Pope Clement VI.
Communion Token
Communion token, circular in shape. Inscription both sides.
Inscription: FREE CHURCH KEMNAY 1864 | THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
Inscription: FREE CHURCH KEMNAY 1864 | THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
Communion Token
Communion token, octagonal oblong in shape. Inscription both sides.
Inscription: UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PETERHEAD | THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
Inscription: UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PETERHEAD | THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
Communion Token
Communion token, circular in shape. Inscription both sides.
Inscription: KINNEFF 1831 | IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
Inscription: KINNEFF 1831 | IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
Medal. A silver medal. On one side a woman in classical dress, with a shield decorated with a saltire, sits on a pedestal and places laurels on the heads of two agricultural workers, above the inscription SEMPER ARMIS NUNCET INDUSTRIA. On the other side the inscription Donald Macdonald ERCHLESS For Ploughing 1876 is surrounded by laurels, and around the edge is the inscription HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.
Ploughing medal, 1876, presented to Donald MacDonald.
Adjustable horseshoe. An iron horseshoe with a hinge in the middle.
An adjustable horseshoe, used by the farrier to spread a contracted hoof. The horse-shoe is hinged at the toe so that when fitted it allows the foot to spread out, encouraging it to become broader as the horse walks on it over a period.
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