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Two glass test-tubes, filled with mosaic tesserae (in various shades of blue, red, yellow, green, black and white), stoppered with cottonwool, and mounted on a card label: 'Ancient Mosaic Tesserae Rome'. Inscription: Ancient Mosaic Tesserae Rome

Two glass test-tubes filled with pieces of mosaic, mostly white and grey, stoppered with cottonwool and mounted on a card label: Inscription: Ancient Mosaic Tesserae Cumae'

Specimen of charred wood, in a glass test-tube, cottonwool stopper, mounted on a card label: 'Fragment of charred wood, part of Cash Box of house excavated at Pompei 1828'. Inscription: Fragment of charred wood, part of Cash Box of house excavated at…

Figure of Isis seated and nursing the infant Horus.

Part of a large bronze clasp/brooch/fibula.

Small bronze model temple of Vesta.

China ink stand, blue and white delftware. Once the property of Wodrow the Church Historian (Robert Wodrow 1679-1734). Inscription: Old label: Inkstand of Wodrow the Historian

Plaid worn by Prince Charles Edward Stewart three days before the battle of Culloden. The Prince, when visiting a family, usually presented the plaid he wore to the lady of the house who gave him, in return, one made by herself. Displayed with gold…

Gold pin used by Prince Charles Edward Stewart to fasten his philabeg, which he presented to the Lady Macintosh of Moy Hall, who gave it to Miss Gordon of Balbithan from whom it descended to her Grand Niece, Mrs Urquhart of Meldrum. Displayed on a…

Iron key, used with a Gaelic prayer book (see ABDUA 1863).