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Fetters
Pair of fetters, for the ankles, made of iron with a short (three link) chain between the two leg pieces. Screw lock for each leg piece. Decoration, lock (bottom):circle design (repeat chevrons).
Padlock. A large square padlock, almost a foot wide, with a large key with a circular handle which has a decorative quatrefoil cut out of it. The lock is on a plate with large diamond shaped rivets to affix it to a wall.
With key. Hinged cover to protect key hole broken. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue' and collector's hand-written catalogue (Thomson 1862) state 'Gillespie the Murderer the last confined by it'.
Communion cup. A turned wooden goblet with decorative rings around the middle, stem and foot.
Maple-wood chalice came from Greyfriars Church when it was demolished in 1903. Probably used as an ornament, perhaps one of a pair (pronounced angular rim is not suitable for drinking from so unlikely to be a communion chalice). Made between 1650…
Bellarmine wine jar. A fat mottled brown ceramic bottle with a design containing a love heart stamped on the middle, and on the neck a face of a grimacing elderly bearded man with bushy eyebrows. The upper neck has broken off.
Wine jar, 'Greybeard' or 'Bellarmine' type. Neck broken off. According to donor, Dr W D Simpson, in 1938: 'Dredged up by a trawler off the mouth of Aberdeen Harbour.'
Flagon. A brown ceramic bottle about a foot tall with a fat body and a small handle at the neck.
Glaze colour: dark tan. Handle type: pulled. Neck shape: short.
Inscription: FOUND IN RORA MOSS LANGSIDE 50FT DOWN
Inscription: FOUND IN RORA MOSS LANGSIDE 50FT DOWN
Dairy bowl. A large cream coloured ceramic bowl with depressed brown decoration inside. The surface has a shiny glaze. The decoration consists of three rounded rectangular areas containing four hearts each and vines, a triangular pattern with dots inside on the rim, a six pointed star with oval shaped arms inside a ring with triangles and dots in it on the base, and the inscription Mrs ALLEN, No3. Mortimer's Lane, Inverurie, Feb 15th 1887.
Large round bowl. Colour: cream & brown. Inscription and patterns around internal walls of bowl.
Inscription: Around internal walls: Mrs ALLEN No 3 Mortimer's Lane INVERURIE FEB 15th 1887
Inscription: Around internal walls: Mrs ALLEN No 3 Mortimer's Lane INVERURIE FEB 15th 1887
Dairy bowl. A large cream coloured ceramic bowl with depressed brown decoration inside. The surface has a shiny glaze. The decoration consists of an eight pointed star inside a ring on the base, a peacock, flowers, an insignia consisting of a pair of crossed flags, an anchor, a pair of crosses swords a crown and the initials V R; and the inscription Mrs. David Rew, FEBY 4th 1882.
Large round shallow bowl. Colour: cream & brown.
Inscription: Mrs David Rew Feby 1862
Inscription: Mrs David Rew Feby 1862
Spindle Whorl
Shape: flat. Decoration: (top) ring-cross (base) debased interlace. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue': 'Lost probably when nearly new. Design would contain a blessing or charm'.
Miniature Axe
Miniature flat sandstone axe found at West Castle Hill, Upper Boyndlie, Tyrie Aberdeenshire. Skull found in 1872, rest of skeleton in 1932. Broken stone axe-hammer recorded in Prof Low's report, but the miniature axe is not recorded (but site…
Linen weight. A block of pink and white speckled granite about the size and shape of a loaf of bread, with iron handles projecting from the short ends.
Cuboid pink granite block with iron handles at both ends.