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Pin Head (8)
Found amongst cremated human bone in an urn at Seggiecrook, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire on 13th March 1907. Bead-like, in clay. Only 7 found June 1992.
Pin head. A bronze disc about two inches wide with a knob in the centre and concentric circular depressions.
Type: sunflower. Found in hoard with 2 socketed axes and neck-ring. Part of William Joyner's collection, donated by his great-granddaughter, comprising the Dingwall hoard and two other bronzes, probably of African origin.
Pin heads. Six ball shaped black objects, smooth and glossy with some cracks, and holes on the bottoms, which are slightly flattened. They are about the size of a large marble.
Nine globular pin-heads, in shale. One with part of an iron pin. One of the pin-heads appears to be a nut or gall. Six pin-heads are on display (December 2001). Found when trenching land on Hill of Crichie, Aberdeenshire (February 1856) along…
Pin heads. Three small, roughly cylindrical objects made of orange ceramic with holes running through the centre.
Excavated from an eroding bank behind steading at NJ943547. The pin heads were among a cremated deposit of human bone. Shape: barrel-shaped (only 3 on display May 1992). A similar pin head was found accompanying the cremation deposit at…
Pin. A pin made of bone, about three inches long. A small thistle is carved on one end.
Thistle-headed bone pin. Decoration on thistle head: cross-hatching.
Pipe
One of a group of 13 clay 'dregy' pipes, used at funerals. Six with trade marks. Bowl decoration, at the top: incised lines.
Pipe
Clay pipe, bowl decoration: portraits of King Edward 7 and Queen Alexandra.
Pipe mould. Two thick pieces of metal, each with half a pipe shaped depression. One piece has pegs which fit into holes on the other piece.
Mould, in iron, for making clay pipes. Used in Aberdeen c. 1900.
Pipe. An ornate pipe, consisting of a white cup gripped by a hand with a shirt cuff joined on to the handle. The cup is labelled Presented by Queen Victoria to Her Commissioner Dr. Profeit at Balmoral. The pipe has a black leather case lined with green silk.
Pipe made in meerschaum in the shape of a hand holding an egg. The white egg forms the bowl of the pipe and the arm and wrist (honey-coloured meerschaum), the stem is made of amber. The handwritten label reads ' Presented by Queen Victoria to her…