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Comb. made from tortoiseshell with large teeth spaced wide apart. The handle consists of a curved rectangular panel and is ornately decorated with inlaid copper. A fine honeycomb pattern runs along the edges, with interlacing diamonds, and crosses and stars in the middle. Small circles of inlaid mother of pearl run along the diamonds and between the arms of the crosses.
Comb made of tortoise-shell, with inlaid decoration of small circles & large diamonds on the crown.
Comb. Made of multiple pieces of bone riveted together with silver rivets. The comb is decorated with parallel lines along the edges, a shell shaped piece on top, and a loop with simple scroll shapes on each side. The teeth are extremely fine and close together.
A bug comb made from ivory, double-sided with two sets of long, very fine and close-set teeth. The teeth are sandwiched between two ornate ivory holders and riveted with silver. The comb would have been used to comb out head lice and destroy…
Comb. Remains of a comb made of bone. The handle remains and is composed of two pieces of bone attached with copper rivets to make a cylindrical shape. There were many fine teeth.
Bone comb, long, single-sided, with many fine, close-set teeth, now broken. The back is made from two separate pieces of bone, rivetted on with copper rivets. Dated to 13th or 14th century.
Comb. Small comb made of bone, broken in half with some teeth missing. Decorated with incised lines along the top edges and teeth, and with a pierced hole.
Bone comb (broken), single-sided with a high back that was pierced by a circular hole and edged by two incised lines. The teeth are rectangular in cross-section. Dated to around AD 1500, comes from Orkney and may have been used as a hair ornament.
Combustion tube. A glass tube about 40 centimetres long with brass fittings and turned wooden knobs on either end. On one end the knob can be pulled or pushed to operate a plunger inside the tube.
Thick glass tube with hand operated piston with brass end caps; wooden 'doorknob' handles at either end; inflammable vapour is inserted into tube (ether?) and then compressed firmly with piston; when compression is high enough the vapour…
Communion Beaker Cup
From Danzig (Gdansk). In 1642 two students from Danzig, Andrew Thomson and Peter Specht, came to study in the fourth year of the MA course at King's College, Aberdeen University, and in 1643 each donated an engraved silver Danzig beaker to the…
Communion cup. A slender silver cup with a tall stem. It is highly decorated with engraved scrolls, foliage and coats of arms.
Silver communion cup made by W Melville of Aberdeen in 1652 and given to Marischal College in 1653 by George Gordon of Strathnaver. It is engraved with a floriate design around the coat of arms of Lord Strathnaver on the front and the reverse, each…
Communion cup. A turned wooden goblet with decorative rings around the middle, stem and foot.
Maple-wood chalice came from Greyfriars Church when it was demolished in 1903. Probably used as an ornament, perhaps one of a pair (pronounced angular rim is not suitable for drinking from so unlikely to be a communion chalice). Made between 1650…