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Fish Slice Bannock Spade
Aluminium 'fish slice', or perhaps a 'bread spade'. The slice is 'D' shaped and decorated with a 28 holes punched to form a diamond shape, surrounded by a double arc of punched holes. One of a number of items donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, all…
Pipe mould. Two thick pieces of metal, each with half a pipe shaped depression. One piece has pegs which fit into holes on the other piece.
Mould, in iron, for making clay pipes. Used in Aberdeen c. 1900.
Crusie lamp. Two leaf shaped iron dishes fastened to a handle with a hook. The upper dish is lidded and hangs on a ratchet above the lower dish.
Crusie, or oil lamp.
Beaker Cup Communion Beaker
Pewter communion beaker, cylindrical with flared rim, used in the Kirk of Clola (on the cross roads behind Fraserburgh and Peterhead). Engraved ' Assi Conn Clola 1812' and with a maker's mark.
Inscription: ASSl CONn CLOLA 1812 Makers mark: W DREW…
Inscription: ASSl CONn CLOLA 1812 Makers mark: W DREW…
Communion plate. A deep pewter plate.
Pewter bowl with a flat, but uneven, rim.
Heckle Heckle Comb
Heckle for dressing flax, with wooden frame (one end is broken) and iron teeth, carder shape: rectangular. Reid 1912, p45, has illustration labelled A508, but the illustration is actually of A509 (a bigger heckle with round carder).
Heckle Heckle Comb
Wooden handle, iron teeth and tang. Tang is heart-shaped, with central rib. Used in dressing flax.
Shot Flask & Powder Flask
Pistol powder flask, in brass and white metal, for holding gun powder. Shape: flattened pear-like.
Inscription: G&JW Hawksley
Inscription: G&JW Hawksley
Powder Flask
Leather-covered powder flask, pear-like shape with built-in closure.
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