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Barometer. A tall, cylindrical barometer painted black with rings for suspending it.
Ship's barometer, with thermometer, balluster type.
Inscription: Berry & Mackay Aberdeen
Inscription: Berry & Mackay Aberdeen
Barometer. Large barometer, about a metre tall, with a glass tube containing mercury. The wooden frame is elaborately carved at the top in a triangular shape with scrolls on the sides and a rose at the top. The body is covered with paper which has the instructions printed on and is decorated with gothic arches and trefoils.
Rectangular barometer, with thermometer and altimeter (broken). Display: column.
Inscription: Admiral Fitzroy's
Inscription: Admiral Fitzroy's
basket
Flat, round basket in woven palm fibre, containing grains of wheat.
basket
Basket (imperfect), in twisted and woven palm fibre.
basket
Oval basket, with openwork decoration.
basket
Conical basket made from coiled straw covered with leather dyed green and red.
basket
Round basket with lid, coiled straw dyed green, purple, orange and yellow.
basket clove.basket (with lid)
One of four baskets, 'one in cloves, three in grass'. This one is light-coloured and has a lid. Given to Thomson by 'Ar. F' (probably his brother-in-law Arthur Fraser who was a merchant in Java)