Two goffering irons
One small and one medium sized goffering irons used for pressing pleats into fabric. These would have been used in conjunction with appropriately sized pokers which would have first been heated in the fire before being inserted into the irons to heat them.
Superex vacuum cleaner from the 1950s
Metal and wood `Superex` manually pumped vacuum cleaner from the 1950s.
Two curved glass baby feeders
One `Ideal` glass baby feeder, and one `Perfectum` glass baby feeder, both dated around 1930.
Stoneware Dutch gin bottle, 19th century
19th century stoneware gin bottle made by Dutch company Blankenheym & Nolet (unidentified contents though probably the cork).
Length of hand-made rope made from twisted straw.
Iron stand
Decorative, metal stand for resting a hot iron during ironing.
Rope twister from Balemartine
Hand-made iron and wood rope twister / corra shùgan used for twisting straw into rope. Includes a hand-written note by John Morton Boyd: “Given to me by Mrs Chrissie MacArthur, Balemartine, and formerly owned by the late John MacNeill.”
Three ink stamps from MacDonald`s Shop, Scarinish
Three wood and rubber ink stamps bearing the name `M MacDonald, Pier Road, Scarinish, Isle of Tiree`, used in MacDonald`s shop in Scarinish.
Stoneware hot water bottle
`Pige` stoneware hot water bottle with screw stopper.
Two lumps of coal said to have come from the steam ship SS Vivo, which was wrecked off Balevullin in 1890.
