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Pewter measure pot, or 'tappit hen', lidless Inscribed '1/2 GALLn' (Half Gallon) - this is two Scottish pints, the equivalent of six English pints Was used to fetch the communion wine from the tavern to the Kirk at Clola, Old Deer, Aberdeenshire…

Herman Moll's The World Described (1720), the pre-eminent folio atlas of Hanoverian Britain, departs from the usual Ortelian model in the selection and ordering of its contents. It placed Britain at the centre of the atlas so that the first half…

1/2 portrait of Prince George of Denmark, in oval surround, facing, wearing armour and red robe trimmed with ermine, green sash over left shoulder, white scarf at throat, shoulder length grey hair and short clipped moustache. Knights notes: ' 5th…

1/2 portrait of Queen Anne, near facing, ovate mount, crowned, with pearl necklace at throat and earrings, gold embroidered undergarment at breast. Also brown robe, ermine trim, clasped at breast by large gold and sapphire brooch. Copy after the…

This contemporary engraving shows James Douglas, Duke of Queensberry and Dover (1662-1711) presenting the Act of Union to Queen Anne.

Large oil painting which is part of a series of five canvases which would seem to have been made as some sort of celebration of kingship, possibly in relation to the visit of Charles II