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Measure Pot
Pewter measure pot, or 'tappit hen', lidless. Inscribed '1/2 GALLn' (Half Gallon) - this is two Scottish pints, the equivalent of six English pints. Was used to fetch the communion wine from the tavern to the Kirk at Clola, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire…
Pistols. A pair of elaborately decorated, gold coloured pistols with steel fittings. The pistols have lemon shaped butts and are decorate all over with engraved roses, interlace, scrolls and straight lines.
Pair Scottish lemon-butted pistols or dags (right and left), in brass, with steel lock, ramrod and clip. Lock type: early snaphaunce. Butt shape: globose. Engraved decoration of roses and interlace. The pistols are thought to have been made by…
Gun Pistol Flintlock Pistol
Scottish steel flintlock-pistol, with heart-shaped butt, Doune lock, decorative inlay of roses & leaves, decoration on clip of pierced hearts. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue': 'from Thomson of Banchory's Museum at Christ's Church College, which was known…
Gun Pistol Flintlock Pistol
Scottish steel flintlock-pistol (steel with copper coating). Butt shape: scroll. Lock type: Doune. Decoration: linear & foliate designs.
Targe. A circular shield, about a foot and a half wide, covered with leather and studded with brass rivets arranged in four concentric circles. Four brass bosses incised with spiralling lines are equidistant from each other near the edge, and in the centre is a large boss with a pointed blade about a foot long projecting from it.
Targe made of wood, covered with ox leather which has been tooled with a key-like design and studded in a circular pattern with round-headed brass rivets and four larger round bosses. The central boss is decorated with pierced hearts and a dirk…
Polishing pad. A square leather pad covered with fine interlocking metal chains.
Polishing pad, or buffing square, made of a leather base and interlocking metal rings. Used for cleaning horse harness. One of a number of items donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, some of which were used on the farm of Darnabo, near Fyvie,…
Bells. Two silver jingle bells with traces of green paint.
Two bells (pellet type), originally part of a horse harness. Originally electro-plated but this has worn off and been replaced with green paint. One of a number of items donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, some of which were used on the farm of Darnabo,…
Harness ornament. A piece of black leather with metal studs and badges. In the centre is a badge consisting of a dot, a ring and hearts arranged in a ring, there are also two badges composed of a red disc with a horseshoe in the middle.
Decorated headpiece from a bridle of a working horse at Whitebogs, New Deer, Aberdeenshire. Two loops on the back to fit on a bridle. Black leather has been used and the decorations are: central panel - a silver sun motif with hearts, side panels -…
Fir Gully Knife
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…