Sharpening stone in its wooden case used by Vaul boat-builders around 1850-1950.
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Dates: 1860s
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Large, heavy caulking mallet from the workshop of the Vaul boat-builders around 1850-1950.
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Two-handled wood and steel drawknife used by the Vaul boat-builders around 1850-1950.
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5/16″ wood and steel moulding plane with ‘H MACKINNON’ stamped on the side. H MacKinnon was a joiner from Vaul.
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Home-made wood & brass cribbage board or cròthan, a popular game on board ships. Probably made by Vaul boat-builders.
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Steel 7″ gimlet with wooden handle, for boring holes into wood. Used by Vaul boatbuilders.
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Green glass soda/mineral water bottle known as a ‘torpedo’ or ‘Hamilton’ bottle. The bottom is round so that it must be stored on its side in order to keep the cork wet and prevent the gas from escaping. Torpedo bottles were manufactured during most of the 1800s. Found in rocks on Gott Bay.
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Pair of silver belt buckles from a nurses uniform. Probably from the Victorian era.
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Pair of ornate, silver-plated, Victorian, candle wick trimmers, engraved ‘RG’ on both handles.
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Information about the steam ferry ‘SS Chieftain’s Bride’ which was saved from sinking between Tiree and Mull in 1867 by the efforts of Captain Donald MacKinnon, Heanish, but in which he sustained internal injuries leading to his death and burial in Capetown, South Africa. Captain MacKinnon was master of the ‘Taeping’, which won the Great China Tea Race of 1866.
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