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Silver snuff box, rectangular, with a hinged lid which is engraved with an inscription.
Inscription: Presented to James Thomson from the Fish Trade of Peterhead 1907

Shape: rectangular (rounded corners).

Shape: boot-like. Mount shape: rhomboid

Curved blade (tusk ivory) with two parallel incised lines along outer curve on each side, pointed butt fits into V on handle, made in wood with hook at end. Handle sewn to blade by thongs in twisted sinew at three points, through perforations in…

A pair of snow goggles, carved from one piece of wood, curved to fit around the face, two horizontal eye-slits, which are wider at bridge, They are held in place by a piece of twisted sinew which is looped into small perforations at each end of the…

Cobra preserved in liquid. With label: 'Real speciality of Vietnam. Snake wine (one unit). Usage: rheumatism, lumbago, sweat of limbs. Dosage: Twice a day each a small cup before meal.'

Smoking cap with a tassle. The cap belonged to Gavin Greig and is in black velvet, embroidered with a design of flowers.

McCombie of Tillyfour, MP for West Aberdeenshire in 1868, was better known as an originator of the Aberdeen Angus breed of cattle. This little anecdote relates to him being better known as a farmer than a politician.