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Measuring ladle. A small metal mug shaped measure with a large handle.
Measure, mug-like shape with handle, capacity 1 pint.
Inscription: 1 pint
Inscription: 1 pint
Medal Token
Lead or tin commemorative medal. One side shows battle of Culloden, other side is blank.
Inscription: REBELLION JUSTLY REWARDED CULLODEN ( 16 AP ?) 1746
Inscription: REBELLION JUSTLY REWARDED CULLODEN ( 16 AP ?) 1746
Medal. A grey metal medal with a three-quarter profile of a short haired, elderly man and the inscription Alexander John Forsyth LL D 28 Dec 1768 - 11 June 1843.
Silver medallion to Rev. Alexander John Forsyth who invented a percussion lock for fire-arms.
Inscription: Armourers' Company Alexander John Forsyth
Inscription: Armourers' Company Alexander John Forsyth
Medal. A silver medal. On one side a woman in classical dress, with a shield decorated with a saltire, sits on a pedestal and places laurels on the heads of two agricultural workers, above the inscription SEMPER ARMIS NUNCET INDUSTRIA. On the other side the inscription Donald Macdonald ERCHLESS For Ploughing 1876 is surrounded by laurels, and around the edge is the inscription HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.
Ploughing medal, 1876, presented to Donald MacDonald.
Medallion. Copper metal medallion with the profile of a large man wearing a cuirass and the inscription GULIELMUS DUX CUMBRIAE on one side. On the other a man kneels before a lion wearing a crown, and 1746 is inscribed,
Medallion of the Duke of Cumberland and the Battle of Culloden.
Inscription: Battle of Culloden
Inscription: Battle of Culloden
Medallion. Grey metal medallion, with the profile of a man wearing laurels and the inscription CVIVS EST on one side. On the other is a map of the British Isles with regions labelled Scot, Brit and Hib. The isles are surrounded by ships and the word REDDITE is inscribed.
Commemorative Medal. Silver, round. Obverse: CVIVS (five dots, arranged in a cross) / (five dots,arranged as a square with one in the middle) EST (five dots arranged as a square with one in the middle). Bust of James VIII, laureate, draped,…
Medallion. Grey metal medallion. On one side is a profile of a large man wearing a cuirass, around the edges is inscribed GULIELMUS GEOR II R FIL DUX CUMBRIAE. On the other a heroic male figure wearing a lion's skin stand over a vanquished medusa and assists a woman with a spear and a shield with the Union Flag on it. At the bottom is inscribed ERDVELIB EX ANG FUGAT AD CULLOD DEBELLAT 16 APR 1746.
Commemorative Medal. Silver, round. Obverse: GULIELMUS. GEOR. II R. FIL. DUX.CUMBRIAE Bust of Cumberland, cuirassed, draped with lion skin right. On shoulder: R. YEO.F. Reverse: Herakles, naked save for skin of Newmean lion standing left, raising…
Microscope. A brass microscope with additional lenses for magnification and directing light onto a mirror to illuminate the specimen.
David Ferrier's brass microscope, that he used in his research into the brain. It is monocular with a single lens. Light for the stage is provided via a concave mirror below the stage. There are three eyepieces for the microscope. There is a small…
Miniature Axe
Miniature flat sandstone axe found at West Castle Hill, Upper Boyndlie, Tyrie Aberdeenshire. Skull found in 1872, rest of skeleton in 1932. Broken stone axe-hammer recorded in Prof Low's report, but the miniature axe is not recorded (but site…
Model soldier. A small plastic model of a Gordon Highlander, with black shoes, long red and white socks, a blue, green, yellow and black tartan kilt, a sporran, a red jacket with gold cuffs, collar and epaulettes, and a large black cap. The soldier holds a rifle and has a sword.
Wooden model of a Gordon Highlander, painted.