This French engraving shows King Louis XIV of France acknowledging James VIII & III as king of England. Louis supported the exiled Stuarts both for reasons of pragmatism and principle. A Jacobite revolt would have crippled Britain's ability to fight…
An iron brazier, or leister crusie, from Strathdon, Aberdeenshire. Used for poaching fish by night. Peats burning in the crusie give out light, which attracts fish. The fish are then caught with a leister, a five-pronged fish spear.