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Theatre Programme Document
Theatre programme from His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen. Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 November 1990, 'Scotland the What?' presents a birthday celebration 'The Return of Happy Returns'.
Thermometer. Small wooden frame, brass plate indicating Fahrenheit and Celsius, glass cylinder with red fluid.
Twentieth century thermometer.
Threshing flail. Two wooden poles connected by a leather loop.
Threshing-flail in wood with joint in leather. Used in beating out seed.
Tinder box. A copper box with two lid panels. In one half is a candle holder which has a candle in it. Next to the box are two buckle shaped pieces of metal and a piece of flint.
Combined tinder-box and candlestick, in copper, with three flints and one strikelight.
Tinder pistol. A small pistol like device with a wooden handle. A brass, steel and flint mechanism is on the end, operated by a trigger, and there is also a candle holder on the side.
Flint-lock tinder pistol, in brass, combined with a brass rectangular container for tinder and a small cup for holding a candle. Lock is in steel. Used in making fire.
Tobacco box. A round brass box with components on the lid shaped like a star and an anthropomorphic sun. The sun's rays are engraved onto the lid.
Shape: circular Lid decoration: sun & 2 stars. Has a secret locking mechanism to open lid.
Inscription: BY HAMMER AND HAND ALL ARTS DO STAND John Rinny 1755
Inscription: BY HAMMER AND HAND ALL ARTS DO STAND John Rinny 1755
Tobacco jar. A large painted red jar almost a foot tall, vase shaped with a flared base and a body that bulges out toward the top. Painted on the front is a gold label with the appearance of drapery with the word MIXTURE on it.
Red jar, black tin lid. Decoration on jar: large black and gold shield with word 'MIXTURE'. Contents:3/4 ring of XXX Bogie.