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Log gripper. A wide, flat U shaped piece of iron with spikes on the underside and a leather strap over the top.
Foot log gripper used on the River Dee, Aberdeenshire c. 1800, found during demolition of a house on Guestrow, Aberdeen, 1932. Has four spikes.
Measure pot. A dark heavy metal jug with a slightly fat body.
A pewter Aberdeen pot-bellied measure, or 'tappit hen' for liquid, capacity is 375 ml (in Imperial measures 0.76 pints) to the inner rim.
Lantern clock. Ornate brass clock roughly the size of a lantern, with a square shape and a domed top. The face is a disc of brass engraved with roses, foliage and a face and inscribed William Sellwood fecit 1621. A silver ring around the brass disc has roman numerals on it.
Clock in square brass box with finely engraved face and turned feet, pillars and knobs. Made 1621 by William Sellwood. Silver circular face and single hand are of a later date. The hemispherical bell in a crown is struck by a steel hammer. It was…
Gas meter. A dark metal bucket with a box at the top which has dials in it.
Gas meter, with two dials:1000s, 10000s.
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…
Arrowhead. A small flint arrowhead lodged in a piece of wood.
Leaf-shaped flint arrowhead stuck in thorn tree wood.
Inscription: Old label: stone arrowhead stuck in tree the result of an ancient shot, CROMAR
Inscription: Old label: stone arrowhead stuck in tree the result of an ancient shot, CROMAR
Watch. Small, rusty pocket watch with a melted clockface. A label is attached which says: Bracelet watch found in wreckage after troop train disaster at Gretna Green 1915.
Remains of a soldier's wrist watch, found in wreckage of troop train disaster at Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire, 1905. Winding knob on side is visible, glass front is molten, no straps remain. Old hand-written label attached.
Watch. Tarnished silver pocket watch with copper hands and white clockface with roman numerals.
Silver pocket watch, quite thick and rounded, wound by a key and with Roman numerals. Made in Banff, Banffshire in the 19th century by John Wood, a watch and clockmaker. The back is hinged and the makerÔÇÖs name and trade is written inside the back…
Sundial. Two folding brass rings engraved with degrees, dots and lines with a central bar which has a slider on it and the first letter of each month. The slider has a tiny hole in it which light shines through.
Portable, ring sun dial. A small traveller's sundial, early 19th century. Two brass rings swing out at 90 degrees to each other, to make an open sphere, with a radial metal slider. The date is set on the slider, the sun shines through a hole in it…
Bull harness. A large iron collar with chains.
Bull jougs, a restraining harness, made of iron.