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Leister Crusie Brazier
An iron brazier, or leister crusie, from Strathdon, Aberdeenshire. Used for poaching fish by night. Peats burning in the crusie give out light, which attracts fish. The fish are then caught with a leister, a five-pronged fish spear.
Badge. A square plate of metal, about half a foot wide, with the words BAD CHARACTER OLD MILL in cracked black lettering. The reverse says DESERTER. There are two rings at the top through which runs a chain.
Shape: square. With brass chain, inscribed on one side with 'Bad Character Old Mill' and on other side 'Deserter Old Mill'. Was used in the old Workhouse of Old Mill, Aberdeen as punishment.
Inscription: BAD CHARACTER OLD MILL | DESERTER OLD MILL
Inscription: BAD CHARACTER OLD MILL | DESERTER OLD MILL
Goblet. Narrow, fluted glass goblet with a thick stem, engraved with an inscription and a man riding a horse.
Glass goblet. The sides of the wine glass are etched with the words 'The Glorious Memory of King William', a figure on horseback, and 'Boyne 1st July 1690'. It was made in two parts, with a domed, inverted base and a folded foot and the pontil mark…
Rope
Single ply, wound into a tight skein.
Sway and cruik. A large iron arm on a pole allowing it to rotate. Suspended on the arm with a hook and chain is a circular griddle composed of straight and wavy bars of iron.
Iron sway (on display with links, two cruiks and brander), nineteenth century, from a hearth at Darnabo, Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. The sway is a long iron bracket which holds the hook, or cruik, from which the pot, or meat to be smoked, can be…
Marriage seat. A large, heavy wooden chair with a low seat, high back and arms. The back is carved with the initials E and S, the date 1630, decorative scrolls at the top and in the middle a panel with interlocking lines of a large diamond and circles, with a rose at the centre.
Oak chair from Stirling. Lady's marriage chair, the seat is wider at the front and has a tall, narrow, carved back with interlace lozenge, leaves and roses surrounded by oak leaves, and open, curved arms. The initials E S 1630 are carved on the back.…
Chair
Decoration: leaf & circular design.
Chair
A small, low chair, made of fir wood from the Aberdeenshire area. The seat is wider at the front, but there are no arms. The chairback has no crest, but is flat. A carved panel on the back is decorated with: WD E2 1687 ('E2' looks more like E and a…
Panel. A wooden panel about twenty centimetres wide, carved with the face of a horned devil with pointy ears and teeth, with flowers and stems on either side.
Oak panel, carved, from the gallery in the north aisle of St Nicholas' Church, Aberdeen. Carved decoration: grotesque face with horns and pointed teeth, between two ravens, surrounded by leaves and two flowers.
Panel. A small rectangular wooden panel carved with foliage and scrolls. In the centre, inside a ring, are the letters C, L and A entwined and B.
Initials carved on central medallion: CLA CL AB. Decoration: flower, leaf and scroll decorations around central medallion.
Inscription: CLA CL AB
Inscription: CLA CL AB