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Silver snuff box, rectangular, with a hinged lid which is engraved with an inscription.
Inscription: Presented to James Thomson from the Fish Trade of Peterhead 1907

Round wooden platter.

Arrowhead, made from copper-coloured flint. Type: laurel leaf / 1Bf
Inscription: Hill of Brack.... Inverkeithnie

Wooden bowl, with inverted rim and 4 lugs. Information from the donor: that this bassie was used by Mr Alexander Stewart (born 1869/died 1941) in Fyvie when he was a boy. Was given to the donor by Mrs M A Stewart.

Potato masher, wooden, end of handle has turned ball decorated with single incised line. One of a number of items (ABDUA 15660 to 15669, 15671, 15672, 15946 ...) donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, all used on the Farm of Darnabo, near Fyvie,…

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

Leather-covered powder flask, pear-like shape with built-in closure.

Pistol powder flask, in brass and white metal, for holding gun powder. Shape: flattened pear-like.
Inscription: G&JW Hawksley

Wooden handle, iron teeth and tang. Tang is heart-shaped, with central rib. Used in dressing flax.

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).