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Portrait of William Elphinstone. Oil painting of a middle aged white man wearing highly decorated and bejewelled bishop's hat and cloak in green and gold. The cloak is decorated with foliage patterns and images of saints. He has his hands in prayer and holds a crozier under one arm. He is next to a window out of which can be seen hills and a river with boats.
Oil painting, bust portrait, near profile L, of William Elphinstone (Bishop of Aberdeen from 1488-1514), wearing the Bishop's regalia and vestments, his hands clasped in prayer, rings on both hands. The Elphinstone coat of arms and motto 'Non…
Pot sherds. Four pieces of the rim of a large earthenware pot glued together. There are two small holes a few centimetres below the rim.
Rim shape: rounded & everted. Four sherds joined together (in 1984), has two holes for suspension, part of a cooking pot?
Pot. A small earthenware bowl with fragments missing. Curved dotted lines decorate the surface.
Round based, decoration: alternate hatching. Was found in the Den of Craig (or near to) Auchindoir. Supposedly in a 'cist'.
Inscription: Old label: 32
Inscription: Old label: 32
Pot. An iron cauldron shaped pot with a handle.
Flat-bottomed iron pot with handle. One of a number of items (eg ABDUA 15895 to 15915) donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, some of which were used on the farm of Darnabo, near Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. Most of the items date to the early 20th century,…
Potato masher. A round wooden block with a long handle.
Potato masher, wooden, end of handle has turned ball decorated with single incised line. One of a number of items (ABDUA 15660 to 15669, 15671, 15672, 15946 ...) donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, all used on the Farm of Darnabo, near Fyvie,…
Powder Flask
Powder flask with punched decoration of oak leaves, inscribed, and graded for dram measures.
Inscription: G. & J.W. HAWKSLEY On spout, for dram measures: 2 1/4, 2 1/2, 2 3/4
Inscription: G. & J.W. HAWKSLEY On spout, for dram measures: 2 1/4, 2 1/2, 2 3/4
Powder Flask
Leather-covered powder flask, pear-like shape with built-in closure.
Powder Flask
Powder flask, made of black horn with a cigar-shaped body and with two sizes of powder measure, one at each end (probably to measure the powder required for pistol, shooting gun and large bore gun). Used by the Reverend Alexander John Forsyth who…
Powder horn. Made of a flattened horn, cream coloured grading into dark brown at the top. Decorated with incised knotwork circles and bands, two unicorns and three horse heads beneath the letters M, A, F, a pentagram in a circle, a thistle and a crude profile of a man wearing a hat.
Powder horn, flattened, to carry gunpowder for a pistol or dag. Decorated with a border and large filled circle of ropelike interlace, geometric metopes, thistles, a stylized head and stylized animals, possibly unicorns, with the letters 'M', 'A' and…