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Claymore. A sword almost a metre and a half long, with a handle covered in leather and wrapped decoratively with cord in a series of X shapes, a large round pommel and a simple cross guard with loops extending perpendicular to the handle.
Two-handed sword, grip is wood covered with cloth and knotted with string in a diamond pattern. Has been cut short to 'Highland length'. Guard shape: ring-like. Quillons: scroll-shaped. Is reputed to be the Tolquhon Sword through its association…
Gun Pistol Flintlock Pistol
Scottish flintlock-pistol, with scroll decoration on the butt, other decoration includes hearts, diamonds & geometric patterns. This pistol is possibly an early example of the work of Thomas Cadel or Cadell, a pistol manufacturer active from around…
Powder tester. A small pistol like device with a wooden handle and a brass and steel mechanism on the end which includes a brass wheel marked with the numbers one to ten.
Powder tester, strength marks on gauge.
Inscription: strength marks on gauge
Inscription: strength marks on gauge
Sword. Steel blade, about a foot and a quarter long, with a wide groove near running up it from the hilt. It has a wooden handle with brass rivets, pommel, and a looped hand guard with a panel decorated with a hunting scene.
Sword with fluted blade in steel. Hilt in wood, studded and mounted in brass, brass pommel and guard decorated with hunting scenes. The museum's Slip Catalogue notes: 'Dirk and sword belonged to Michael Dunbar, notorious cateran (robber) who lived…
Claymore. A sword almost a metre and a half long, with a squarish handle covered in leather decorated with bands of horizontal lines, a ridged cylindrical pommel, a cross guard terminating in diamond shaped loops at each end, and large oval shaped guards on both sides of the handle.
Two-handed sword. Guard type: double shell. Quillon shape: pierced diamonds. The grip is wood, covered with leather which is tooled transversely in about 11 groups of 4 lines.
Inscription: [has the mark of a Solingen smith]
Inscription: [has the mark of a Solingen smith]
Sword Basket Hilt
Sword, double-edged, basket-hilted, constructed of round bars with large 'S' and fleurs-de-lis in rear compartments. Thick junction plates with serrated edges. Carved upper ends of branches where they fit into grooves of pommel. Pommel of low conical…
Sword Basket Hilt
Basket-hilted broadsword, grip missing.
Sword Basket Hilt
Basket-hilted backsword, hilt decoration: stylised leaves & pierced bands, grip missing. Hilt is the work of Walter Allan of Stirling and was made in the mid-18th century. The blade has a mark near the top of the blade.
Sword. Almost a metre long steel sword, the blade has two grooves along its length, the handle is surrounded by a basket of steel loops with decorative punched hearts, and red cushioning inside.
Highland broadsword (A434+5b) and silver-plated cross-guard (A434+5a), used by Lachlan Forbes when Regimental Adjutant, 1st Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders.
Communion Token
Communion token, rectangular in shape. Letters MF on one side, other side blank.
Inscription: MF
Inscription: MF