Souvenir teaspoon from Mona MacDonald’s shop in Scarinish in the 1930s. Made of Sheffield bilchrome. Red and blue enamel Tiree Association crest on end of handle.
2018.60.2
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Object Type: artefact
2018.60.1
Sliver-plated, shoe horn and shoe lace hook set belonging to Maggie MacDonald, Scarinish, in the 1930s.
2018.59.2
Pair of silver belt buckles from a nurses uniform. Probably from the Victorian era.
2018.59.1
Pair of ornate, silver-plated, Victorian, candle wick trimmers, engraved ‘RG’ on both handles.
2018.1.1
Schrader-Universal tyre pressure gauge used by RAF Servicemen on Tiree during WWII. Compact and made of steel, it was manufactured in the USA by A. Schrader’s Son Inc., New York, for use on Michelin Dunlop tyres, and patented in Australia and England. The end pops out when it reaches the correct pressure.
2017.85.4
Two hardwood pulley blocks made by Donald Brown’s uncle, who was a boat-builder in Vaul. One is for a single rope and made from teak, the other for two ropes and made from mahogany or black ash.
2017.85.3
Brown leather Boys’ Brigade belt with brass buckle from the 1950s, found at Vaul. There was once a BB unit on Tiree.
2017.85.2
Black felt Boys’ Brigade hat from the 1950s, found at Vaul. There was once a BB unit on Tiree.
2017.85.1
Black felt Boys’ Brigade hat from the 1940s, found at Vaul. There was once a BB unit on Tiree.
2017.83.3
Stoneware/ceramic ammonia bottle labelled ‘Plynine Co.y Ltd., Edinburgh, Household Ammonia’ and ‘It is illegal for any other than the Plynine Co.y Ltd. to refill this bottle with ammonia’. Dating from the late 1800’s. It would have had a screw stopper. Found in an old dump at Vaul.
