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Candle snuffer. A brass device similar to a pair of scissors, but with a box on the blade which closes when operated.
Candle snuffer in brass, used to put out a candle by pinching the wick.
Brooch. A flat silver ring, about three inches wide, with a pin hinged onto it. The ring is decorated with incised foliage and chequered circles. The edges of the ring and circles and anchor like shapes are marked with thick blackened lines.
Annular brooch. Decoration (infilled with niello): three circles, an oval and four repeating patterns.
Sundial. A brass ring, bracelet sized, with a small loop. Numbers, lines and letters are engraved on the inner and outer surfaces and a small hole allows light through.
Small traveller's sun dial, brass, circular shape, mid 18th century. Inscribed on both surfaces with numerals to allow the time to be read. The ring is hung by a thread from the small loop on the outside and a tiny hole in the ring allows a beam…
Mace Head Witchstone
Unfinished mace head, hole not drilled through. Old Label: ' Witches stone from Cowton near Stonehaven 1875'
Inscription: in ink: Witchstone Rickerton 1875
Inscription: in ink: Witchstone Rickerton 1875
Harpoon head. A large, smooth iron point about nine inches long with barbs and a shaft with BON ACCORD inscribed on it.
Inscription: BONACCORD R. LINN & CO 1828
Saddle quern. A large oblong lump of dark granite, about half a metre long, with a deep carved oblong depression along the middle.
Saddle quern in granite.
Keystone. A large, trapezoid piece of beige sandstone. Carved into the upper surface is a male figure with curly hair wearing a robe, sitting cross legged and holding a long boxy object.
Figure of angel playing portative organ, carved in local sandstone. Keystone from an arch, originally part of the 15th-century work of Elgin Cathederal. This sculpture and ABDUA 17828 were recovered from the ruins and kept at Montcoffer House,…
Bull harness. A large iron collar with chains.
Bull jougs, a restraining harness, made of iron.
Sundial. Two folding brass rings engraved with degrees, dots and lines with a central bar which has a slider on it and the first letter of each month. The slider has a tiny hole in it which light shines through.
Portable, ring sun dial. A small traveller's sundial, early 19th century. Two brass rings swing out at 90 degrees to each other, to make an open sphere, with a radial metal slider. The date is set on the slider, the sun shines through a hole in it…