A pottery sherd
A sherd of Iron Age pottery found in an eroded bank at Brock.
2026.7.1
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Acquisitions
2026.6.3
A Lucas battery filler. A distilled water bottle for topping up accumulator batteries.
Early household radio sets were powered by glass accumulator batteries. See 2014.31.1 These batteries were regularly taken to be charged at local shops, such as Calum “Calum Salum” MacLean’s shop in Salum, where they would be topped up with distilled water.
2026.6.2
A masthead navigation light, from Donald Brown, Vaul
2026.6.1
A box of 20 Kodak 35mm slides, including views of the sunken Loch Seaforth, taken by Donald Brown and his brother Tommy
2026.5.1
A magic lantern with 14 glass slides
A magic lantern – an early type of image projector
With 14 glass slides, including pictures, bible texts and hymns
These were widely used until the 1950s when superseded by 35mm slide projectors
A lantern (possibly this one) was used at the Baptist Sunday-schools and Temperance meetings in Tiree.