Item: dagger knife
Catalogue#: ABDUA 63820
One of a pair of daggers, made of 'buffalo's horn' (Michie 1887), hilt decorated with circles and dots. Old hand-written label on hilt. Inscription: Label: East Indian Daggers made of Buffalo's Horn
Small statue of Aesculapius. The head is classical, the body probably 19th century AD. Head given to Fordyce by Lord Bute (see Knight c.1840, MS M111 for two references to 'the head of Esculapius').
Iron ring, supposed to have been axle hoop of Caledonian war chariot used in battle between Agricola and Galgacus, fought nearby - found at Roman Camp, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire 1800.
Model of the foot of a Chinese female, in plaster of Paris, with silk bandage and shoe. Michie (1887) 'Models of the compressed feet of a Chinese Lady.' Reid (1912): 'Foot of Chinese female, left, distorted.'