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Doric literature. A copy of Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, a copy of Fite Doo Black Crow by Sheena Blackhall, and a programme for 'The Return of Happy Returns' by Scotland the What? at His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen.

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Dirks. Five steel blades about a foot long with handles, left to right: blade with two deep grooves and wooden handle with hatching and heart decoration, blade with subtle grooves and wooden handle, blade with one deep groove and a chunky wooden handle carved with knotwork, blade with one shallow groove and a finely carved wooden handle with knotwork and brass fittings, blade with one wide groove and an ivory and wood handle.

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Dirks. Three steel blades about a foot long with sheaths, left to right: blade with wooden handle finely decorated with carved knotwork and brass studs with a leather and brass sheath containing a small knife, double edged blade with horn handle and cross-guard with tiny brass human heads on the ends with a leather sheath decorated with dots and hearts, thick blade with wooden handle and leather sheath decorated with lines, knotwork and a bearded face.

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Pistols. Three steel flintlock pistols, left to right: large pistol about a foot and a half long with heart shaped butt decorated with roses and leaves, pistol about a foot long with scroll shaped butt decorated with lines and scrolls, small pistol about 9 inches long with heart shaped butt.

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Scottish steel flintlock-pistol (steel with copper coating). Butt shape: scroll. Lock type: Doune. Decoration: linear & foliate designs.

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Scottish steel flintlock-pistol, with heart-shaped butt, Doune lock, decorative inlay of roses & leaves, decoration on clip of pierced hearts. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue': 'from Thomson of Banchory's Museum at Christ's Church College, which was known…

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Pistols. A pair of elaborately decorated, gold coloured pistols with steel fittings. The pistols have lemon shaped butts and are decorate all over with engraved roses, interlace, scrolls and straight lines.
Pair Scottish lemon-butted pistols or dags (right and left), in brass, with steel lock, ramrod and clip. Lock type: early snaphaunce. Butt shape: globose. Engraved decoration of roses and interlace. The pistols are thought to have been made by…

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Theatre programme from His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen. Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 November 1990, 'Scotland the What?' presents a birthday celebration 'The Return of Happy Returns'.

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Poetry book by Sheena Blackhall, 'Fite Doo Black Crow', Keith Murray Publications 1989.

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Fossil. A large piece of rock, about a foot and a half long, with polished, olive coloured, square scales on its surface. The scales are roughly two inches wide.
Fossilised scales of Stagonolepis robertsoni, a mammal-like reptile, from near Elgin.

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