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Floats. Two hollow glass balls, one dark green, the other light green. They are wrapped in dark brown netting.
Two glass balls in sisal net.
Flute. Dark brown wooden flute with brass fittings.
Small flute in wood, silver mounted with a lever for the end stop, German. Polished wood case, with name plate showing that it belonged to William Thom, The Inverurie Poet (1798-1848).
Inscription: The flute which belonged to William Thom 'the…
Inscription: The flute which belonged to William Thom 'the…
Font
Stone font from Old Greyfriars Kirk, Aberdeen. Shape: circular (four lugs).
Food Vessel Pot
Food vessel with a slightly S-shaped profile. The cord-impressed decoration is large and rough compared to a beaker. It comprises bands of herringbone and lines and covers the whole exterior of the food vessel. The vessel is also bevelled and…
Fork
Three-pronged fork, the end of the handle engraved with floral designs (foliate and lily-like). On the back of the handle are initials and date. Part of a knife and fork set presented to Marischal College in 1802 by John Leslie, Goldsmith, but made…
Fossil. A large piece of rock, about a foot and a half long, with polished, olive coloured, square scales on its surface. The scales are roughly two inches wide.
Fossilised scales of Stagonolepis robertsoni, a mammal-like reptile, from near Elgin.
Fossil. A long piece of rock with the imprint of a fish on it, viewed from the side, including bones and scales.
Fossil of an Osteolepid fish from Tynet Burn near Fochabers - probably browsed on vegetation and small worms.
Fossil. A round piece of rock with the imprint of a fish, viewed top down, with a wing like fin extending from each side near the head.
Fossil of Pterichthyodes milleri, from Lethen Bar - an armoured bottom-dwelling fish.
