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Communion Beaker Cup
From Danzig (Gdansk). In 1642 two students from Danzig, Andrew Thomson and Peter Specht, came to study in the fourth year of the MA course at King's College, Aberdeen University, and in 1643 each donated an engraved silver Danzig beaker to the…
Communion cup. Large silver cup with straight sides, engraved with a figure with long hair wearing only a cloak and holding a bird on one arm, surrounded by decorative scrolls and grotesque faces, and inscribed ANDREAS THOMSONUS, SCOTO-BORUSSUS, COLL: REG: ABERD:, IBID: EDUCAT, DONO DEDIT, 1643.
From Danzig (Gdansk). In 1642 two students from Danzig, Andrew Thomson and Peter Specht, came to study in the fourth year of the MA course at King's College, Aberdeen University and in 1643 each donated an engraved silver Danzig beaker to the…
Communion plate. A wide pewter plate.
Communion plate, in pewter.
Lantern. Cylindrical tin lantern, about a foot tall, with a conical roof and windows made of flattened sheets of horn on the sides.
Hand lantern, for a candle, with horn windows in a tin frame. The tin is stamped with the initials 'W D'.
Inscription: WD
Inscription: WD
Bunker lamp. A small tin lamp shaped like a watering can, with a long handle that comes vertically up over the centre. The spout has a thick bundle of wick coming out of it.
An early type of oil lamp, made of tin, to burn naptha, a flammable oil distilled from the oil shales of central Scotland. The inner, lidded, cylindical vessel holds the naptha and has a spout which holds the wick. The outer shell is to catch…
Bouat lantern. A wooden cuboid lantern, about a foot tall, with a peaked top like a gable roof, and windows on the sides. A candle is inside. The top sides are decorated with punched metal plates and it has a leather handle.
Hand lantern, or bouat lantern, 19th century, to hold a candle. Made of wood in a house-shape with a tin roof pierced with holes for ventilation, three glass windows and a leather carrying strap. There is a sliding panel at the back for lighting…
Pull up lamp. Small dark grey metal lamp. It has a circular base with a handle, and a rod projecting up from the centre. Around the rod is coiled a wick coated in a waxy red substance. The wick has been pulled through a candle holder like structure which is on top of the rod.
19th century lamp, in brass, with a carrying handle and a hinged pan holder. Instead of burning a normal candle it burns a long, red beeswax taper coiled round a central column and held by a clip.
Lantern. Cylindrical tin lantern, about a foot tall, with a conical roof, and windows made of glass. The surfaces are decorated with punched lines and dots.
Shape: pointed cylinder
Christening bowl. A pewter bowl in a bracket allowing it to be held on a wall.
Bracket in wrought iron, holding a christening bowl in pewter. Found under the pulpit of the Parish Church at New Machar, Aberdeenshire, 1898.
Clock. A large clock with a white clockface with black roman numerals, brass hands and the inscription Heming London. The clock has a dark wooden body, painted onto which is a coat of arms and the inscription Mitchell's Hospital, Old Aberdeen MDCCCIII.
Decoration on wooden case: coat of arms (of Mitchell of Craigend). Clock has an enamel face and brass rim, made by Heming of London.
Inscription: MITCHELLS HOSPITAL OLD ABERDEEN MDCCC111
Inscription: MITCHELLS HOSPITAL OLD ABERDEEN MDCCC111