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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.
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…
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.
Log gripper. A wide, flat U shaped piece of iron with spikes on the underside and a leather strap over the top.
Foot log gripper used on the River Dee, Aberdeenshire c. 1800, found during demolition of a house on Guestrow, Aberdeen, 1932. Has four spikes.
Measure pot. A dark heavy metal jug with a slightly fat body.
A pewter Aberdeen pot-bellied measure, or 'tappit hen' for liquid, capacity is 375 ml (in Imperial measures 0.76 pints) to the inner rim.
Lantern clock. Ornate brass clock roughly the size of a lantern, with a square shape and a domed top. The face is a disc of brass engraved with roses, foliage and a face and inscribed William Sellwood fecit 1621. A silver ring around the brass disc has roman numerals on it.
Clock in square brass box with finely engraved face and turned feet, pillars and knobs. Made 1621 by William Sellwood. Silver circular face and single hand are of a later date. The hemispherical bell in a crown is struck by a steel hammer. It was…
Gas meter. A dark metal bucket with a box at the top which has dials in it.
Gas meter, with two dials:1000s, 10000s.
Flute. Dark brown wooden flute with brass fittings.
Small flute in wood, silver mounted with a lever for the end stop, German. Polished wood case, with name plate showing that it belonged to William Thom, The Inverurie Poet (1798-1848).
Inscription: The flute which belonged to William Thom 'the…
Inscription: The flute which belonged to William Thom 'the…
Arrowhead. A small flint arrowhead lodged in a piece of wood.
Leaf-shaped flint arrowhead stuck in thorn tree wood.
Inscription: Old label: stone arrowhead stuck in tree the result of an ancient shot, CROMAR
Inscription: Old label: stone arrowhead stuck in tree the result of an ancient shot, CROMAR
Watch. Small, rusty pocket watch with a melted clockface. A label is attached which says: Bracelet watch found in wreckage after troop train disaster at Gretna Green 1915.
Remains of a soldier's wrist watch, found in wreckage of troop train disaster at Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire, 1905. Winding knob on side is visible, glass front is molten, no straps remain. Old hand-written label attached.