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Curtain sample. A rectangular piece of tartan curtain. White background, with narrow and wide vertical bands of light blue and red, and horizontal bands of dark blue and red, light yellow and black.
Tartan curtain from Balmoral Castle; white ground, red, black, yellow, turquoise-blue stripes in warp direction over pink and pale blue stripes in weft direction.
Inscription: Handwritten: Window Curtain Balmor..
Inscription: Handwritten: Window Curtain Balmor..
Dairy bowl. A large cream coloured ceramic bowl with depressed brown decoration inside. The surface has a shiny glaze. The decoration consists of an eight pointed star inside a ring on the base, a peacock, flowers, an insignia consisting of a pair of crossed flags, an anchor, a pair of crosses swords a crown and the initials V R; and the inscription Mrs. David Rew, FEBY 4th 1882.
Large round shallow bowl. Colour: cream & brown.
Inscription: Mrs David Rew Feby 1862
Inscription: Mrs David Rew Feby 1862
Dairy bowl. A large cream coloured ceramic bowl with depressed brown decoration inside. The surface has a shiny glaze. The decoration consists of three rounded rectangular areas containing four hearts each and vines, a triangular pattern with dots inside on the rim, a six pointed star with oval shaped arms inside a ring with triangles and dots in it on the base, and the inscription Mrs ALLEN, No3. Mortimer's Lane, Inverurie, Feb 15th 1887.
Large round bowl. Colour: cream & brown. Inscription and patterns around internal walls of bowl.
Inscription: Around internal walls: Mrs ALLEN No 3 Mortimer's Lane INVERURIE FEB 15th 1887
Inscription: Around internal walls: Mrs ALLEN No 3 Mortimer's Lane INVERURIE FEB 15th 1887
Deer trap. A long chunky piece of wood with a section hollowed out along the middle. In the hollow are pieces of wood, most prominently a curved pole with a hinge in the centre which runs the length of the hollow and is fastened down at either end by wooden pegs perpendicular to it.
Single valve 'otter trap' type, made from an alder trunk with trap of birch and the spring of willow. Found in a bog at Auquharney Moss, Cruden, Aberdeenshire. A radio-carbon date of the 6th century AD has been obtained for the trap (OxA-6052:…
Dental key. A steel tool with a bone handle. A crooked rod of steel projects from the handle. Two hinged curved arms with toothed tips and a fastener are on the end.
Dental key, later 19th century, used to extract teeth. Made of iron with an ivory handle. It has four hooks or heads each fitted on to the key by a screwed sleeve, and each is designed to fit around a different size and type of tooth.
Dibbler. A wooden bar about half a metre long with three fat pegs projecting from it. Projecting from the other side are two rods attached to a bar with handles.
Three drill dibbler. used for planting seed.
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Inscription: In ink: BUCHAN