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  • Collection: Encyclopaedia of the North East

Funnel. A large turned wooden funnel.
Wooden funnel, for filling whisky bottles.

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Partially twisted handle in bone, circular wooden bowl. Has number 334 written on handle, and on a paper label on bowl.
Inscription: 334

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Ladle, bowl shape: flared rim, decoration on bowl (base): concentric circles.

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Bowl and handle decorated with concentric rings.

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Decorative hair comb, made of mottled tortoise-shell.

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Oatcakes. A square tin of oatcakes.
Tin of oatcakes.
Inscription: DEAN'S OATCAKES HAND BAKED

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Brooch or 'luckenbooth' in silver. Museum's slip catalogue describes this as a: 'Witch' brooch.

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One of four 'luckenbooth' brooches listed together, (Reid 1912): 'Worn to keep off ill-e'e (the evil eye)'.

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One of four 'luckenbooth' brooches listed together, (Reid 1912): 'Worn to keep off ill-e'e (the evil eye)'. This one is crescent-shaped, set with 'paste' (glassy substance used to imitate gem-stones).

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One of eight 'luckenbooth' brooches listed together (Reid 1912), given by Dr McAldowie of Cheltenham in 1894. Heart-shaped.

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