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Weights. A set of five small dull brass weights, tub shaped, in decreasing size. The weights fit inside each other and the largest has a lid.
Set of 5 brass weights in a brass container with a lid.
Sword stick. A hollow knobbly wooden stick almost a metre long, next to a steel sword blade with a similar wooden handle.
An Exciseman's sword stick, in holly wood. Blade: fluted & single edged.
Letter scales. A small steel bar with a weight on one end, a projection for balancing the bar near the middle, and a pair of tongs hanging from the other end.
Letter weighing balance, in steel.
Worming gear. A black metal pot with a pipe coming out of the top horizontally, and then into a downward spiral with four turns before straightening put horizontally and going through a broken piece of wood.
Worming equipment, used by whisky smugglers in Aberdeenshire.
Washing dolly. A wooden pole about half a metre long with a plunger shaped part made of copper at the bottom.
Washing dolly or agitator, copper base, wooden handle. One of a number of items donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, some of which were used on the farm of Darnabo, near Fyvie, Aberdeenshire.
Inscription: makers mark : SIMPLEX No5
Inscription: makers mark : SIMPLEX No5
Flask. A large curved rectangular flask, about a foot wide.
Curved metal flask, in iron or tin. Capacity: half a gallon (2.2 litres).
Charcoal iron. A pointed oval shaped steel box full of charcoal, with a lid with an ornate brass and wood handle.
Charcoal iron, with charcoal inside.
Comb. Made of multiple pieces of bone riveted together with silver rivets. The comb is decorated with parallel lines along the edges, a shell shaped piece on top, and a loop with simple scroll shapes on each side. The teeth are extremely fine and close together.
A bug comb made from ivory, double-sided with two sets of long, very fine and close-set teeth. The teeth are sandwiched between two ornate ivory holders and riveted with silver. The comb would have been used to comb out head lice and destroy…
Comb. Remains of a comb made of bone. The handle remains and is composed of two pieces of bone attached with copper rivets to make a cylindrical shape. There were many fine teeth.
Bone comb, long, single-sided, with many fine, close-set teeth, now broken. The back is made from two separate pieces of bone, rivetted on with copper rivets. Dated to 13th or 14th century.