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Jack reel. Wooden apparatus about a metre tall, consisting of a tray on three legs and a central column with metal gears. A large knob, from which project six long rods with handles at the end, is at the top of the column connected to the gears.
Jack reel or wool winder, in wood. Inscription (maker's name?) on top, carved into the wood. Slip catalogue and accessions book gives number (525+1) and donor (Margaret A Morris), plus following information: 1 Carder H:450mm B:350mm. But this part of…
Jew's harp. A small teardrop shaped loop of grey metal with a thin strip of metal extending from the widest part of the loop to where its ends meet.
Jews' harp in blued steel.
Inscription: ENGLAND
Inscription: ENGLAND
Jews Harp
Jews' harp.
Kail gully. An iron tool with a thick wooden handle, about three feet long. The handle is round with a square end with a metal ring on it. The head of the tool consists of a twisted rod of iron with a wide S shaped projection on the end.
Kail gully, a cutting implement used to harvest kail, used in the 19th century. Wooden handle, with an iron candy-twist shaft and a steel blade.
Kelchin. A large, square wooden rack about a foot wide with a handle and hook for hanging.
Kelchin, in wood, 19th century. Suspended in the chimney to hold 'fir-candles' while being dried. Made from two bars of squared wood into which are let six unworked pieces of branch, like a ladder, and the handle is a bent branch. The iron hook is…
Keystone. A large, thick octagonal block of reddish brown stone about a foot wide with a hole in the centre. On the sides are carvings of lambs, and on the surface is carved a cross with a heart between the arms, a ladder and a human figure.
From the chapel at Whitehill, New Deer, carving in old red sandstone, shape: octagonal, showing scenes of the Passion.
Keystone. A large, trapezoid piece of beige sandstone. Carved into the upper surface is a male figure with curly hair wearing a robe, sitting cross legged and holding a long boxy object.
Figure of angel playing portative organ, carved in local sandstone. Keystone from an arch, originally part of the 15th-century work of Elgin Cathederal. This sculpture and ABDUA 17828 were recovered from the ruins and kept at Montcoffer House,…
Kiln stands. Two simple cylindrical vessels of dark orange ceramic with a flared rims and bases.
One of two Shape: flared cylinder glaze (traces), colour: green. - same as other is in National Museums of Scotland. When discovered the vessels were filled with 'ashes' and may belong to the class of vessels found in Christian Graves of the 12/16…
Kirk Ladle
Kirk ladle in wood, with long handle decorated and perforated for suspension. Used by elders for collecting offering in Corgaff Parish Church, Aberdeenshire. 'No one living in Corgarff seems to know its age or when it was last used' (letter from…