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Portrait of Robert Gordon of Straloch. Oil painting of a balding white man with a pointed beard and moustache wearing a large white ruff and heavy black clothing with white cuffs decorated with lacework. He is holding his hand to his chest with the fingers slightly outspread.
Oil painting, portrait, full face, hand at chest, bearded and balding, wearing dark 'tunic' with lace ruff and cuff. Copy of Jamesone portrait in Robert Gordon's College, Schoolhill, Aberdeen. Knight's notes: '1707 Charles Whyts account paid (8…
Model soldier. A small plastic model of a Gordon Highlander, with black shoes, long red and white socks, a blue, green, yellow and black tartan kilt, a sporran, a red jacket with gold cuffs, collar and epaulettes, and a large black cap. The soldier holds a rifle and has a sword.
Wooden model of a Gordon Highlander, painted.
Breast Plate
Oval breast-plate in gilded brass, 'worn on the sword belt of an officer in the Royal Aberdeen Volunteers (1794-1802)' (Reid 1912).
Inscription: Aberdeen coat of arms BON ACCORD | ABERDEEN
Inscription: Aberdeen coat of arms BON ACCORD | ABERDEEN
Gorget. A large, gold crescent shaped plate decorated with leaves around the edges. It has a silver stamp with knotwork and a crown surrounded by cannons, axes and swords.
Copper gilt gorget with a silver gilt coat of arms. Shape:crescentic. Front decoration: flags & swords & guns & drums & cannon. Points decoration: foliate. The gorget of Major General James Ferguson of Balnakelly, Colonel of the Cameron Regiment…
Belt Plate
Officer's Shoulder Belt Plate. Silver, oval, with an applied thistle, in high relief, surmounted by separately applied crown (each with original lugs and brass pin). GORDON engraved above, HIGHLANDERS engraved below. Whole design enclosed within…
Cup. A plain cup made of a large piece of horn, with a glass bottom.
Horn cup, eighteenth century, with glass bottom. Allows the drinker to see if money ('the king's shilling') was hidden in the ale.
Recruiting Poster
Recruiting poster for 29th Regiment.
Sword. Almost a metre long steel sword, the blade has two grooves along its length, the handle is surrounded by a basket of steel loops with decorative punched hearts, and red cushioning inside.
Highland broadsword (A434+5b) and silver-plated cross-guard (A434+5a), used by Lachlan Forbes when Regimental Adjutant, 1st Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders.