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Coin Penny
Silver pennies, Edward II.
Charm Amulet
Smooth oval-shaped stone. Handwritten label on one side.
Inscription: Label: Charm Stone. Had been handed down in an Inverurie family as a Lucky Stone
Inscription: Label: Charm Stone. Had been handed down in an Inverurie family as a Lucky Stone
Thermometer. Small wooden frame, brass plate indicating Fahrenheit and Celsius, glass cylinder with red fluid.
Twentieth century thermometer.
Block. A small rectangular block of pink and black speckled granite polished extremely smooth.
Block of pink Peterhead granite.
Ball. An extremely smooth polished ball of grey and black speckled granite, about the size of a softball.
Ball of grey Kemnay granite.
Skeleton
Skeleton from cist found at the Upper Mains of Catterline, Kinneff, Kincardine. Interment accompanied by a beaker and 'burnisher'. Cist had decorated cover slab as well as countersunk slab and possibly associated cup-marked boulder.
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…
Fossil. A large piece of rock, about a foot and a half long, with polished, olive coloured, square scales on its surface. The scales are roughly two inches wide.
Fossilised scales of Stagonolepis robertsoni, a mammal-like reptile, from near Elgin.