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a brass balance arm with marking 1 to 12 on each arm and grade marks every half unit. A metal pointer is fixed to the upper edge of the balance centre; part of a weighing balance mechanism

Ball of grey Kemnay granite.

six ivory balls, one wooden ball, some have a green cord attached for suspension. One of the larger ivory balls has a flush weight attached by a screw inserted into the ball. Possibly some variation of Newton's conservation of momentum experiment

The New Shaver lampoons Banff and its political tendencies. The New Shaver professed to be apolitical and made fun of Whigs, Tories and Radicals as is illustrated in this example.

One pound note, framed and glazed. Aberdeen, Montrose, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow Exchange & Deposit Banks one pound note No13959 Maberly and Co Aberdeen. Maberly & Co, a linen manufacturing firm whose bank failed in 1832.

In this poster, the Tory opposition suggest that Alexander Bannerman, the Whig candidate in the 1832 election, is no Friend of the People.

Bannock spade with a heart-shaped blade, used to turn bannocks, scones and oatcakes while cooking on an iron girdle or griddle.