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Mace. Large silver ceremonial mace, about a metre long, with a crown and cross at the top.
The mace for Marischal College, still used today in the University graduation ceremonies.
Button mould. A piece of slate with two depressions: the outline of a heart with a crown on top, and a disc with a cross in it.
Matrix design: cross & linear design.
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.
Curtain sample. A rectangular piece of tartan curtain. White background, with narrow and wide vertical bands of light blue and red, and horizontal bands of dark blue and red, light yellow and black.
Tartan curtain from Balmoral Castle; white ground, red, black, yellow, turquoise-blue stripes in warp direction over pink and pale blue stripes in weft direction.
Inscription: Handwritten: Window Curtain Balmor..
Inscription: Handwritten: Window Curtain Balmor..
Carpet sample. A square piece of tartan carpet. Mainly red, with a narrow yellow and white grid pattern, a grid of wide bands of light and dark brown and mossy green, and dark blue, green and teal where the bands intersect.
Tartan-like woven especially for Balmoral Castle. Not tufted. Red, brown, green x 3, heather, olive, blue, dark blue, yellow, white, black-purple.
Inscription: Old label: Piece of Queen Victoria's Bedroom Carpet/Balmoral Palace/October 1858
Inscription: Old label: Piece of Queen Victoria's Bedroom Carpet/Balmoral Palace/October 1858
Bonnet. A white wool bonnet, flat, over a foot wide, with a pompom in the centre.
White wool broad bonnet (beret style). 'Worn by General Sir Alexander Leith' (Reid 1912).
Beaker. A light bluish, fat glass beaker. It is painted with flowers, a gold band with rows of white and blue dots near the rim, the motto VIVENT VIVAS 1631 PM; and a coat of arms with the top half of the shield plain red and the lower half ermine, and a knight's helmet with a yellow bird's head on top and ribbons above the shield.
Decoration: flowers (red, blue, yellow, white, green) & coat of arms. Shape: bowed cylinder (flat pedestal). This glass was originally the property of Paul Menzies of Kinmundy and bears his coat of arms and initials. It was probably made in N Germany…
Beaker. A glass beaker with a squat stem and foot. Small raised discs of glass decorate the lower outside of the body. The beaker is painted with rows of dots and arches in white, red and gold; and diamonds surrounded by scrolls. There is a coat of arms with the shield quartered, in two opposite quarters is a black bird foot on gold and in the other red and white vertical triangles. The shield has a crown on top and ribbons around it.
Originally the property of Paul Menzies of Kinmundy. The glass is possibly Venetian in origin. Decoration: extruded forms (applied) & coat of arms & linear & scroll designs. Cylindrical body, squat, with stem.
Inscription: ANNO 1667
Inscription: ANNO 1667
Comb. Flat comb with a wide arch shape made of tortoiseshell. Three stars are cut into the handle.
A large beard comb made of horn and dating from the second half of the 19th century. D-shaped with long teeth and a high back, which is decorated with three incised eight-pointed stars. Made by the Aberdeen Comb Works, Hutcheon Street.
Portrait of Thomas Reid. Oil painting of an elderly white man, wearing a black gown and a red turban, in a gilded frame.
Oil painting, 1/2 portrait, looking R, wearing red turban, dark coat, brown studio b/g. Copy of Raeburn portrait in Fyvie Castle or possibly portrait in Glasgow University (see Scottish National Portraits 1884 No325). Reid (1710-1796) b. Strachan, MA…