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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…
Quaich Cup
Silver quaich, drinking-cup, made by Robert Cruickshank. Body decoration : incised 'stave' lines, lugs: decoration: linear design.
Inscription: Body (makers mark) RC
Inscription: Body (makers mark) RC
Buttons. 11 small, stud shaped silver buttons with roses engraved on them.
Eleven silver buttons (5 large and 6 small), with looped backs and with the Jacobite rose engraved on the front. There were originally 15 buttons in gift, but 4 were returned to Mr Mearns at his request to add to the Highland Dress of a nephew.
Microscope. A brass microscope with additional lenses for magnification and directing light onto a mirror to illuminate the specimen.
David Ferrier's brass microscope, that he used in his research into the brain. It is monocular with a single lens. Light for the stage is provided via a concave mirror below the stage. There are three eyepieces for the microscope. There is a small…
Belt Plate
Officer's Shoulder Belt Plate. Silver, oval, with an applied thistle, in high relief, surmounted by separately applied crown (each with original lugs and brass pin). GORDON engraved above, HIGHLANDERS engraved below. Whole design enclosed within…
Brooch. A flat tarnished silver ring almost four inches wide with the word LONACH and a thistle incised on the front. On the back is a pin and the inscription Stewart Forbes 1853.
Brass brooch, silver-plated. Front decoration: inscription and thistle.
Inscription: Front: LONACH Back: Jas Stewart Forbes 1853
Inscription: Front: LONACH Back: Jas Stewart Forbes 1853
Spirit measures. Three cups of different sizes, shaped like cones with the tops cut off, in a shiny slightly iridescent metal. The largest cup is inscribed 3 DRAMS, the other 1 1/2 DRAMS and the smallest has no inscription.
Measure for measuring spirits, cone-like, in silver plate.
Cups. Two simple cups made of horn, with silver rims inscribed MITCHELLS HOSPITAL OLD ABERDEEN 1801 No1 and No2.
Two horn beakers, with silver rims. Inscription on rim (1801 is the date of the establishment of Mitchell's Hospital).
Inscription: MITCHELLS HOSPITAL OLD ABERDEEN 1801 No1 & No2
Inscription: MITCHELLS HOSPITAL OLD ABERDEEN 1801 No1 & No2
Staff. A gold-coloured staff about half a metre long, with silver ends and a copper band in the middle.
The Marischal Staff of Scotland in gilded brass with ends in steel. One end has royal arms in relief, the other the arms of the Earls Marischal in relief.
Inscription: royal.arms arms.Earls.Marischal
Inscription: royal.arms arms.Earls.Marischal
Dispatch box. An ornate rectangular wooden box, about a foot wide, with brass fittings. The box has veneer with a wavy grain which is arranged in panels radiating from the centre of each side, creating a flower like pattern.
Dispatch box of Field-Marshall James Francis Edward Keith (1696-1758), younger brother of George, 10th and last Earl Marischal. It is made of wood with brass bindings, handles and clasp. The rosewood veneer on the front and lid is laid to give a…