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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…
Communion cup. Large silver cup with straight sides, engraved with a figure with long hair wearing only a cloak and holding a bird on one arm, surrounded by decorative scrolls and grotesque faces, and inscribed ANDREAS THOMSONUS, SCOTO-BORUSSUS, COLL: REG: ABERD:, IBID: EDUCAT, DONO DEDIT, 1643.
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 plate. A deep pewter plate.
Pewter bowl with a flat, but uneven, rim.
Communion plate. A wide pewter plate.
Communion plate, in pewter.
Communion Token
Communion token, oval in shape. Inscription both sides.
Inscription: PARISH CHURCH PORT SOY 1871 | THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
Inscription: PARISH CHURCH PORT SOY 1871 | THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME