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Comb. Remains of a comb made of bone. The handle remains and is composed of two pieces of bone attached with copper rivets to make a cylindrical shape. There were many fine teeth.
Bone comb, long, single-sided, with many fine, close-set teeth, now broken. The back is made from two separate pieces of bone, rivetted on with copper rivets. Dated to 13th or 14th century.
Comb. Made of multiple pieces of bone riveted together with silver rivets. The comb is decorated with parallel lines along the edges, a shell shaped piece on top, and a loop with simple scroll shapes on each side. The teeth are extremely fine and close together.
A bug comb made from ivory, double-sided with two sets of long, very fine and close-set teeth. The teeth are sandwiched between two ornate ivory holders and riveted with silver. The comb would have been used to comb out head lice and destroy…
Branks. Made of iron, a mask that covers the lower part of the face and has a triangle of metal projecting where the mouth would be. It has a heart shape and dots punched out of it, and loops which go over the top and sides of the head.
Branks or gag in iron. Jointed bars enclosed the head and were secured behind, and the projecting plate passed into mouth over the tongue. This specimen was used in the Parish of Dunnotar, Kincardineshire as a form of punishment for female scolds.
Charcoal iron. A pointed oval shaped steel box full of charcoal, with a lid with an ornate brass and wood handle.
Charcoal iron, with charcoal inside.
Flask. A large curved rectangular flask, about a foot wide.
Curved metal flask, in iron or tin. Capacity: half a gallon (2.2 litres).
Washing dolly. A wooden pole about half a metre long with a plunger shaped part made of copper at the bottom.
Washing dolly or agitator, copper base, wooden handle. One of a number of items donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, some of which were used on the farm of Darnabo, near Fyvie, Aberdeenshire.
Inscription: makers mark : SIMPLEX No5
Inscription: makers mark : SIMPLEX No5
Worming gear. A black metal pot with a pipe coming out of the top horizontally, and then into a downward spiral with four turns before straightening put horizontally and going through a broken piece of wood.
Worming equipment, used by whisky smugglers in Aberdeenshire.
Letter scales. A small steel bar with a weight on one end, a projection for balancing the bar near the middle, and a pair of tongs hanging from the other end.
Letter weighing balance, in steel.
Sword stick. A hollow knobbly wooden stick almost a metre long, next to a steel sword blade with a similar wooden handle.
An Exciseman's sword stick, in holly wood. Blade: fluted & single edged.