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Picture Photograph (Shinty Team)
Framed photograph of the team members of the Aberdeen University Shinty Club - Scottish University Champions 2000. Team members in the front row hold their shinty sticks, and there are two cups in the foreground, one of which is the Littlejohn of…
Communion Token
Communion token, octagonal oblong in shape. Inscription both sides.
Inscription: PRESTON KIRK 1847 | THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
Inscription: PRESTON KIRK 1847 | THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
Communion Token
Communion token, oval in shape. Inscription on both sides.
Inscription: FREE PROTESTANT CHURCH KEITH 2 TARLE | Let a Man Examine Himself
Inscription: FREE PROTESTANT CHURCH KEITH 2 TARLE | Let a Man Examine Himself
Snuff Mull
Made from two horn tips bound together with brass. Lid decoration: concentric circles. The base mount has what appears to be a T and another letter, possibly a D, engraved on it.
Inscription: Base mount: T D ?
Inscription: Base mount: T D ?
Sporran. A red leather flap with a decorative stitched border folds over a mass of brown hair hanging downwards. There are eight tassels of yellow cord arranged in two rows, also hanging downwards from the flap.
Sporran with eight yellow woollen tassels. Reid (1912): 'Worn by Jacobite at battle of Culloden, 1746.'
Pictish Stone (Replica)
Copy of a Pictish stone in the museum collection, made for use for rubbings.
Ear Rings Ear Ornament
Pair of ear-rings, made from gold beads and human hair. Hook decorated with a leaf-like design in gold.
Communion Token
Communion token, oval in shape. Inscription and 'burning bush' on one side, robed figure against a saltire on the other. Same as ABDUA 25335.
Inscription: REC TANTE CONSOMESATUR
Inscription: REC TANTE CONSOMESATUR
Communion Token
Communion token, oval in shape. Inscription and 'burning bush' on one side, robed figure against a saltire on the other. Same as ABDUA 25334.
Inscription: REC TANTE CONSOMESATUR
Inscription: REC TANTE CONSOMESATUR
Portrait of Archibald Simpson. Oil painting of a young looking but balding white man with blue eyes and short wavy reddish brown hair, wearing a black coat and cravat, in an ornate gilded frame.
1/2 portrait, wearing high collar and cravat, dark wide-lapelled coat, balding. Background plain. There are 2 portraits of Simpson by James Giles in the collection (see ABDUA 30147).