Flat steel cabinet scaper from Vaul, inscribed with ‘C R Pugh’. Said to have been used for finishing the wood of coffins.
2018.104.1
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2018.79.2
5/16″ wood and steel moulding plane with ‘H MACKINNON’ stamped on the side. H MacKinnon was a joiner from Vaul.
2018.79.1
Home-made wood & brass cribbage board or cròthan, a popular game on board ships. Probably made by Vaul boat-builders.
2018.76.2
Home-made hardwood bevel gauge stamped with ‘C Campbell’.
2018.32.1
Photograph of a newspaper cutting about Malcolm Campbell, Tiree, who was stranded on the remote island of St Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean, after his ship was torpedoed in WWII.
2014.106.2
Hand-carved wooden picture frame, ca 1910
Ornate wooden picture frame carved by one of Hector MacKinnon`s family (Lodge Farm, Kirkapol) at Lady Victoria Campbell`s woodworking class, ca 1910. The frame contained three oval portraits of men (see 2014.106.1), but the back broke off during woodworm treatment in 2013.
2014.94.1
Spinning wheel
Wooden, pedal-operated spinning wheel made by Archie MacLean (Eirdsidh an Tuairneir), Cornaigmore. From the belongings of Angus MacLean, Scarinish.
2014.89.2
Carpenters spokeshave
Beech wood and iron spokeshave used for shaving thin layers off wood. Manufactured by Robinson Hall, Sheffield in the 1950s. From the belongings of Angus MacLean, Scarinish.
2014.89.3
Carpenters plane irons
Two iron blades from a carpenter`s moulding plane belonging to the MoD in 1943. Manufactured by William Marples, Sheffield. From the belongings of Angus MacLean, Scarinish.
2014.89.4
Carpenters chisel
Wood, brass and iron wood chisel. Manufactured by Thomas Ibbotson & Co., Sheffield, 1825-1909. Marked A. MacKinnon on the handle. From the belongings of Angus MacLean, Scarinish.