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a circular brass cased milliammeter mounted on a circular wooden back plate fitted by heavy brass clamps to a black painted pedestal on a circular wooden base. The scale is 5-0-5 milliamps. A rotary switch marked 1-10-0 aligns with a pointer on the…

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…

Hand held brass microscope, part of a set of miniature optical instruments. Focal length of approx. 1.5" (38mm). Has a clamp so can be mounted to a stand.

Wooden beam with two sliding lenses on it, assumed for use with part a of set. Set up as a telescope arrangement.

Wooden beam with two sliding lenses on it, assumed for use with part a of set. One lens is in a brass frame. Set up as a telescope arrangement

Two-handled black-figured vase with grooved handles in glazed red clay. Obverse; Dionysis with cornucopia, lion at his feet in front, Persephone (or Kora or Ariadne), behind, Maenad and Satyrs. Reverse; two horsemen riding, neck and lower part of…

miniature oinochoe. Red-figure in glazed red clay showing female figure with dish in hand.

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border : consisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition.