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Snuff mull. Small lidded wooden box with a bulbous tub shape, a silver band and hinge at the opening and a silver circle on the lid inscribe ROB GIB'S CONTRACT.
Snuff mull, with a black wooden barrel-shaped body, silver rim, mounts and hinges. The lid is inscribed with two entwined hearts and 'Rob Gib's Contract' (Jacobite passwords). This mull may have been made by Ferguson of Rothiemay (there is a similar…
Snuff mull. Small silver box, with a bulbous tub shape. The lid is engraved with a rose and the inscription William Forbes of Blacktoun, the body engraved with a coat of arms with three horse heads and a crescent moon on it, a knight's helmet with a tree on top, all surrounded by foliage. Above is the inscription EUIR ESCO.
Silver snuff mull with a barrel-shaped body, of Forbes of Blacktoun, a prisoner at Shirramuir. The lid is engraved with a Jacobite rose and the owner's name 'William Forbes of Blacktoun'. Engraving on the front of the snuff mull shows the coat of…
Fork
Three-pronged fork, the end of the handle engraved with floral designs (foliate and lily-like). On the back of the handle are initials and date. Part of a knife and fork set presented to Marischal College in 1802 by John Leslie, Goldsmith, but made…
Knife
Knife with steel blade and silver handle, handle inscribed 'this KNIFE and FORK THE Gift of JOHN LESLIE Goldsmith 1802 to MARISCHAL COLLEGE ABDN'. The end of the handle is inscribed 'R' and 'DCH 1503'. Part of a knife and fork set presented to…
Silver arrow. Arrow, about a foot long, in silver with a ring at the end. The fins of the arrow have an engraved crown and coat of arms on them.
Silver arrow. Prize formerly contended for by a Fraternity of Bowmen in Aberdeen.
Inscription: Engraved with: coat.of.arms of Earls.Marischal and L WK vicit anno 1769
Inscription: Engraved with: coat.of.arms of Earls.Marischal and L WK vicit anno 1769
Communion cup. A slender silver cup with a tall stem. It is highly decorated with engraved scrolls, foliage and coats of arms.
Silver communion cup made by W Melville of Aberdeen in 1652 and given to Marischal College in 1653 by George Gordon of Strathnaver. It is engraved with a floriate design around the coat of arms of Lord Strathnaver on the front and the reverse, each…
Cup. A fat silver cup with a stem and scalloped decoration around the base and foot.
Made by Roger Booth of Aberdeen, and given to William Machray by his students.
Inscription: GULIELMO MACHRAY M.A. A eximiam ejus se Graecis literis instituendi curam grato animo doni dedit orima Graeca classis Marischal. Coll. et Univeritatis…
Inscription: GULIELMO MACHRAY M.A. A eximiam ejus se Graecis literis instituendi curam grato animo doni dedit orima Graeca classis Marischal. Coll. et Univeritatis…
Ladle. A steel tub shaped ladle with a long hooked handle.
Small steel ladle with rod handle which has a hook at the end.
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…