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Pipe. Small clay tobacco pipe, stained yellow and brown.
Clay pipe, name stamped on bowl, see inscription. Received from King's College Library, probably from Dr W Douglas Simpson, Librarian.
Inscription: old label: Fairy Pipe , stamped on bowl: SWINYARD
Inscription: old label: Fairy Pipe , stamped on bowl: SWINYARD
Pistol. A very small, simple pistol with a steel barrel and a wooden handle.
Percussion pistol with a steel barrel, formerly used at marriages in Aberdeenshire.
Pistols. A pair of elaborately decorated, gold coloured pistols with steel fittings. The pistols have lemon shaped butts and are decorate all over with engraved roses, interlace, scrolls and straight lines.
Pair Scottish lemon-butted pistols or dags (right and left), in brass, with steel lock, ramrod and clip. Lock type: early snaphaunce. Butt shape: globose. Engraved decoration of roses and interlace. The pistols are thought to have been made by…
Plaid. A folded pieced of cloth, green with vertical white, brown, blue and red bands and horizontal white and brown bands.
Woven on a narrow loom and joined down the middle. Predominant colour: green
Plant specimen. Piece of paper with a dry, flattened plant attached. The plant has a bunch of small stems with oval shaped leaves, and one stem with small flowers. A map of the Northern UK is attached showing the distribution of the species is solely in the Cairngorms region.
Specimen of Astragalus alpinus, LEGUMINOSAE, collected by P MacGillivray, 1850. Plant is pressed, mounted on paper, labelled and covered with cellophane. Lent by the Herbarium.
Inscription: Astragalus alpinus Little Craingandal, Aberdeen Aug 1850 P.…
Inscription: Astragalus alpinus Little Craingandal, Aberdeen Aug 1850 P.…
Plant specimen. Piece of paper with a dry, flattened plant attached. The plant has long stems with a cone of small flowers at the top. A map of the Northern UK is attached showing the distribution of the species mostly in the Cairngorms region.
Specimen of Poa alpina, GRAMINEAE, collected by William Macgillivray. Plant is pressed, mounted on paper, labelled and covered in cellophane. Lent by the Herbarium.
Inscription: Poa alpina L. Rocks on the east side of Bennabuird, Aberdeenshire. Aug…
Inscription: Poa alpina L. Rocks on the east side of Bennabuird, Aberdeenshire. Aug…
Plant specimen. Piece of paper with a dry, flattened plant attached. The plant has long stems with small, long pointed leaves up the length of the stems and clusters of around 8 flowers at the top.
Specimen of flax, Linum usitatissumum, collected at Aberdeen Links, 1907. Plant pressed, mounted on paper, labelled and covered in cellophane. Lent by the Herbarium.
Inscription: Linum usitatissium L. Aberdeen Links Lig. Wm G Crail ?/viii/1907
Inscription: Linum usitatissium L. Aberdeen Links Lig. Wm G Crail ?/viii/1907
Plaster cast of a bust of James Clerk Maxwell. The bust is painted bronze. Maxwell is depicted with short wavy hair, a beard, bowtie, chequered waistcoat, shirt and coat.
Plaster cast of James Clerk Maxwell (cast of the original bronze bust ABDUA: 30110 ) presented by the sculptor's wife to the Department of Natural Philosophy. Plaster copy has been painted with bronze-effect paint.
Inscription: left-hand side of…
Inscription: left-hand side of…
Plate. A china plate decorated in pink with an illustration of Marischal College, portraits and coats of arms.
White china plate with designs in crimson. Commemorates the quatercentenary of the University in 1895 and the visit of King Edward VII on September 27th 1906 to open an extension of the university buildings at Marischal College. Decoration: four…