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Fir gully or knife, with an iron blade and wooden handle. From Cults, Aberdeenshire. The knife was used to cut 'fir candles', splinters of wood from pine trees. This knife has been hafted into a home-made handle and is held in place with a thin…

Knife or fir gully, with an iron blade and a manufactured wooden handle held in place with a decorated brass ferrule (decoration: incised bands & rings). The knife was used to cut fir candles, strips of wood from pine trees.

Insurance badge, in lead, sun-like design From 1 High Street, Old Aberdeen, taken down April 1907 No, 744371

Thick-walled glass tube with brass end caps and close filling plunger. Light wooden door-knob style handles at either end.

St John Ambulance Association pamphlet for first aid for injured persons. Published in 1887.

VIEW OF WOMEN GUTTERS AND MEN BARRELLERS

In shape of latus fish

Banded Knife Fish. Dry Specimen. Skeletal.

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…