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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…
Portrait of Robert Gordon of Straloch. Oil painting of a balding white man with a pointed beard and moustache wearing a large white ruff and heavy black clothing with white cuffs decorated with lacework. He is holding his hand to his chest with the fingers slightly outspread.
Oil painting, portrait, full face, hand at chest, bearded and balding, wearing dark 'tunic' with lace ruff and cuff. Copy of Jamesone portrait in Robert Gordon's College, Schoolhill, Aberdeen. Knight's notes: '1707 Charles Whyts account paid (8…
Heraldic panel. A large square dark wooden panel, about a metre wide, carved with a coat of arms containing a lion, held aloft by two chained unicorns with crowns around their necks. Above the coat of arms is a knight's helmet with a crown, and a lion holding a sword and flag on top. The background is filled with oak leaves.
Plaque, heraldic panel, with the arms of James V and initials of William Rolland, moneyer in Aberdeen.
Inscription: IN MY DEFENS VR
Inscription: IN MY DEFENS VR
Comb. Small comb made of bone, broken in half with some teeth missing. Decorated with incised lines along the top edges and teeth, and with a pierced hole.
Bone comb (broken), single-sided with a high back that was pierced by a circular hole and edged by two incised lines. The teeth are rectangular in cross-section. Dated to around AD 1500, comes from Orkney and may have been used as a hair ornament.
Beaker. Pewter beaker with thick foot and the inscription For the Church of Peterhead 1729 near the rim.
Pewter communion beaker, tubular shape with flaring rim and expanded foot. Inscribed: ' For the Church of Peterhead 1729'.
Inscription: FOR THE CHURCH OF PETERHEAD 1729
Inscription: FOR THE CHURCH OF PETERHEAD 1729
Axe head. A rough stone oblong axe head, with the inscription 39 HILL OF NOTH RHYNIE painted on.
Polished stone axe head, type: splayed & narrow butt.
Inscription: 39 HILL OF NOTH RHYNIE
Inscription: 39 HILL OF NOTH RHYNIE
Measure pot. A metal jug with a fat body and five incised horizontal lines on it. The letters I G M P are stamped on the handle.
Aberdeen 'pot belly' measure pot, decoration: 5 incised bands, on base: spiral.
Inscription: on handle: IGMP SJ
Inscription: on handle: IGMP SJ
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
Adze. An adze with a wide, flat rusty iron head and a wooden handle.
Hand adze, perhaps used by coopers to strip bark off trees. 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…
Crosscut saw. A large saw about half a metre long.
Nineteenth century crosscut saw, from Aberdeenshire.
Inscription: Old label: 571
Inscription: Old label: 571