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Powder horn. Made of a flattened horn, cream coloured grading into dark brown at the top. Decorated with incised knotwork circles and bands, two unicorns and three horse heads beneath the letters M, A, F, a pentagram in a circle, a thistle and a crude profile of a man wearing a hat.
Powder horn, flattened, to carry gunpowder for a pistol or dag. Decorated with a border and large filled circle of ropelike interlace, geometric metopes, thistles, a stylized head and stylized animals, possibly unicorns, with the letters 'M', 'A' and…
Goblet. Narrow, fluted glass goblet with a thick stem, engraved with an inscription and a man riding a horse.
Glass goblet. The sides of the wine glass are etched with the words 'The Glorious Memory of King William', a figure on horseback, and 'Boyne 1st July 1690'. It was made in two parts, with a domed, inverted base and a folded foot and the pontil mark…
Toddy ladle. Long, turned wooden handle with a bulbous end. The silver bowl of the ladle has a coin incorporated into the bottom. The coin has the profile of a man wearing laurels and is inscribed GEORGIUS II DEI GRATIA.
Toddy ladle with a polished wood handle and a silver bowl. The base of bowl is formed from a George II threepenny piece.
Inscription: GEORGIVS II | DEI GRATIA
Inscription: GEORGIVS II | DEI GRATIA
Targe. A circular shield, about a foot and a half wide, covered with leather and studded with brass rivets arranged in four concentric circles. Four brass bosses incised with spiralling lines are equidistant from each other near the edge, and in the centre is a large boss with a pointed blade about a foot long projecting from it.
Targe made of wood, covered with ox leather which has been tooled with a key-like design and studded in a circular pattern with round-headed brass rivets and four larger round bosses. The central boss is decorated with pierced hearts and a dirk…
Snuff mull. Small silver box, with a bulbous tub shape. The lid is engraved with a rose and the inscription William Forbes of Blacktoun, the body engraved with a coat of arms with three horse heads and a crescent moon on it, a knight's helmet with a tree on top, all surrounded by foliage. Above is the inscription EUIR ESCO.
Silver snuff mull with a barrel-shaped body, of Forbes of Blacktoun, a prisoner at Shirramuir. The lid is engraved with a Jacobite rose and the owner's name 'William Forbes of Blacktoun'. Engraving on the front of the snuff mull shows the coat of…
Snuff mull. Small lidded wooden box with a bulbous tub shape, a silver band and hinge at the opening and a silver circle on the lid inscribe ROB GIB'S CONTRACT.
Snuff mull, with a black wooden barrel-shaped body, silver rim, mounts and hinges. The lid is inscribed with two entwined hearts and 'Rob Gib's Contract' (Jacobite passwords). This mull may have been made by Ferguson of Rothiemay (there is a similar…
Buttons. 11 small, stud shaped silver buttons with roses engraved on them.
Eleven silver buttons (5 large and 6 small), with looped backs and with the Jacobite rose engraved on the front. There were originally 15 buttons in gift, but 4 were returned to Mr Mearns at his request to add to the Highland Dress of a nephew.
Dispatch box. An ornate rectangular wooden box, about a foot wide, with brass fittings. The box has veneer with a wavy grain which is arranged in panels radiating from the centre of each side, creating a flower like pattern.
Dispatch box of Field-Marshall James Francis Edward Keith (1696-1758), younger brother of George, 10th and last Earl Marischal. It is made of wood with brass bindings, handles and clasp. The rosewood veneer on the front and lid is laid to give a…
Pin cushion. Small white rectangular cushion with blue tassels at each corner. Printed in blue ink and arranged in concentric circles are a large number of names. In the centre is a rose with the inscription MART : FOR : KING : & : COU : 1746 around it.
Pin cushion in cream satin with a blue silk tassle in each corner. Printed in the centre is a Jacobite rose, and the words 'MART FOR K & COU: 1746', and around this are printed the names of those who died in the 1745 rebellion.
Inscription: MART FOR…
Inscription: MART FOR…
Medallion. Grey metal medallion. On one side is a profile of a large man wearing a cuirass, around the edges is inscribed GULIELMUS GEOR II R FIL DUX CUMBRIAE. On the other a heroic male figure wearing a lion's skin stand over a vanquished medusa and assists a woman with a spear and a shield with the Union Flag on it. At the bottom is inscribed ERDVELIB EX ANG FUGAT AD CULLOD DEBELLAT 16 APR 1746.
Commemorative Medal. Silver, round. Obverse: GULIELMUS. GEOR. II R. FIL. DUX.CUMBRIAE Bust of Cumberland, cuirassed, draped with lion skin right. On shoulder: R. YEO.F. Reverse: Herakles, naked save for skin of Newmean lion standing left, raising…