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<rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/18168">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Snuff mull. Small lidded wooden box with a bulbous tub shape, a silver band and hinge at the opening and a silver circle on the lid inscribe ROB GIB&#039;S CONTRACT.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Snuff mull, with a black wooden barrel-shaped body, silver rim, mounts and hinges. The lid is inscribed with two entwined hearts and &#039;Rob Gib&#039;s Contract&#039; (Jacobite passwords). This mull may have been made by Ferguson of Rothiemay (there is a similar snuff mull, signed by him, in Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow). Letter in file.<br />
Inscription: two hearts | Rob Gob&#039;s Contract]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Field Collector: Davidson,G snr?<br />
Field Collection Date: 1900 (pre)?]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1700 Late: 1800]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[wood metal silver, H: 75 mm  D: 60 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDUA:18168]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Aberdeen Aberdeenshire]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Acquisition Source: Davidson, George]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/18093">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Quaich Cup]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Silver quaich, drinking-cup, made by Robert Cruickshank. Body decoration : incised &#039;stave&#039; lines, lugs: decoration: linear design.<br />
Inscription: Body (makers mark) RC]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1690 Late: 1710]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[metal silver, H: 23 mm  D: 77 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDUA:18093]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Acquisition Source: purchase How of Edinburgh]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/17618">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Buttons. 11 small, stud shaped silver buttons with roses engraved on them.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Eleven silver buttons (5 large and 6 small), with looped backs and with the Jacobite rose engraved on the front.  There were originally 15 buttons in gift, but 4 were returned to Mr Mearns at his request to add to the Highland Dress of a nephew.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1700 Late: 1800]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[metal silver, Dia: 20 mm  Dia: 13 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDUA:17618]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Acquisition Source: Mearns, Jock]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/36871">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Microscope. A brass microscope with additional lenses for magnification and directing light onto a mirror to illuminate the specimen.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[David Ferrier&#039;s brass microscope, that he used in his research into the brain. It is monocular with a single lens.  Light for the stage is provided via a concave mirror below the stage.  There are three eyepieces for the microscope. There is a small mounted scalpel and two supplementary lenses for examining the specimens on the stage.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1863 Late: 1908]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[glass metal steel copper alloy brass, H: 470 mm  W(at base): 200 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDUA:36871]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe, Scotland, Aberdeen University Edinburgh University]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Acquisition Source: Page, Kenneth Dr]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/10349">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Belt Plate]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Officer&#039;s Shoulder Belt Plate. Silver, oval, with an applied thistle, in high relief, surmounted by separately applied crown (each with original lugs and brass pin). GORDON engraved above, HIGHLANDERS engraved below. Whole design enclosed within applied beaded border.<br />
Inscription: GORDON HIGHLANDERS]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Field Collector: Gordon,Alexander<br />
]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1800 Late: 1850]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[metal silver brass, L: 85 mm  W: 65 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDUA:10349]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Acquisition Source: Gordon, Alexander]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/18117">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Brooch. A flat tarnished silver ring almost four inches wide with the word LONACH and a thistle incised on the front. On the back is a pin and the inscription Stewart Forbes 1853.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Brass brooch, silver-plated. Front decoration: inscription and thistle.<br />
Inscription: Front: LONACH Back: Jas Stewart Forbes 1853]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Field Collector: Forbes,W.Lachlan Lt Col<br />
]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1850 Late: 1853]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[metal copper alloy brass silver, Dia: 92 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDUA:18117]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Strathdon Aberdeenshire]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Acquisition Source: Forbes, W.Lachlan Lt Col]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/18219">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Spirit measures. Three cups of different sizes, shaped like cones with the tops cut off, in a shiny slightly iridescent metal. The largest cup is inscribed 3 DRAMS, the other 1 1/2 DRAMS and the smallest has no inscription.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Measure for measuring spirits, cone-like, in silver plate.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Field Collector: unknown<br />
]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1850 Late: 1950]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[metal silver, H: 59 mm  Dia: 68 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDUA:18219]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe, Scotland]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Acquisition Source: unknown]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/17609">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Cups. Two simple cups made of horn, with silver rims inscribed MITCHELLS HOSPITAL OLD ABERDEEN 1801 No1 and No2.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Two horn beakers, with silver rims. Inscription on rim (1801 is the date of the establishment of Mitchell&#039;s Hospital).<br />
Inscription: MITCHELLS HOSPITAL OLD ABERDEEN 1801 No1 &amp; No2]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1800 Late: 1900]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[horn metal silver, Dia: 90 mm  H: 128 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDUA:17609]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Mitchells Hospital Old Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeenshire]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Acquisition Source: Taylor, Thomas.Murray Principal]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/17612">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Staff. A gold-coloured staff about half a metre long, with silver ends and a copper band in the middle.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Marischal Staff of Scotland in gilded brass with ends in steel. One end has royal arms in relief, the other the arms of the Earls Marischal in relief.<br />
Inscription: royal.arms arms.Earls.Marischal]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1400 Late: 1600]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[ABDUA:30561]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[metal gold copper alloy brass steel, L: 561 mm  Dia: 25 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDUA:17612]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Acquisition Source: Keith, George 10 Earl Marischal]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/17620">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dispatch box. An ornate rectangular wooden box, about a foot wide, with brass fittings. The box has veneer with a wavy grain which is arranged in panels radiating from the centre of each side, creating a flower like pattern.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Dispatch box of Field-Marshall James Francis Edward Keith (1696-1758), younger brother of George, 10th and last Earl Marischal.   It is made of wood with brass bindings, handles and clasp.  The rosewood veneer on the front and lid is laid to give a flower-like pattern, exploiting the wood&#039;s beautiful grain.  The box has three secret recesses and two hidden screws to anchor it.  Presented in 1958 by Miss Helen Keith-Douglas (a descendant of Field-Marshal Keith).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1700 Late: 1760]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[wood rose wood  metal copper alloy brass, L: 350 mm  W: 190 mm  H: 192 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDUA:17620]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Acquisition Source: Keith.Douglas, Helen]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>
