Union flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. “Union Jack”. Flown at A’ Bhuain – Tiree Homecoming 2016.
2016.34.1
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Object Type: artefact
2016.32.2
Souvenir milk jug and butter dish from MacDonald’s shop in the 1950s. “Isle of Tiree” is painted on both. From the belongings of Angus MacLean, Scarinish.
2016.31.1
Large craggan made on Tiree in about 1870, bearing a handwritten label from the period.
The label reads “Croggan from Tyree 1879. Specimen of native pottery. The peculiar nature of the c[roggen] is suposed to render the milk boiled in it condusive to the cure of consumption. Presented by Rev. William Ross, October“.
William Ross was one of the founder members of the Archaeological and Physical Society of Bute, a group of Victorian gentlemen who put together a collection of objects and natural history specimens from around the world, thus forming the first Bute Museum. When the museum moved premises in 1907 it was decided that the collection would concentrate on Bute alone, and the non-Bute items were distributed. This Tiree craggan remained in the Bute Museum until it was given to An Iodhlann in April 2016. Includes a handwritten display label from the Bute Museum.
2009.89.5
Photograph of a bronze plaque commemorating Private Hugh Lamont of Mannal (1885-1917), and inscribed with the words “He died for freedom and honour”.
These round commemorative plaques, measuring about 11.5 cm in diameter, were given to the next of kin of men and women who died in the Great War, WWI, 1914-1918. They were accompanied by a commemorative scroll (see 2009.89.2).
2016.23.1
Pen-knife style cutlery set of knife, fork and spoon, issued to Royal Navy sailors during the First World War.
2015.55.3
Ornate, leather-bound photograph album with brass clasp containing 21 formal portraits of the MacDonald/Campbell family, relatives and friends, from the late 1800s, plus one of the gravestone of Archibald Campbell and a memorial card with photo of Archibald Campbell, who died in 1899. No other information is available. From a collection from Mannal House. The photos are accessioned separately (see 2015.55.4 to 2015.55.19; V192-9 & W100-7).
2015.60.1
Pair of small, hand-made, wooden butter pats, used for making butter on the croft.
2015.58.1
45 rpm vinyl record with ‘My Isle Tiree’ on side 2 and ‘My own Lewis Isle’ on side 1, sung by Donald MacRae with the Hebridean Ceilidh Band, 1968.
2015.54.1
Section of brass plumbing from the wreck of the schooner ‘Oceana’, which grounded on Crossapol beach in 1949. Found by Charlie Berlie on Crossapol beach.
2015.52.1
One of the ceramic red poppies from the display of 888,246 from the Tower of London in 2014 commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the first world war. Each represented one British or colonial life lost. Bought and donated by Greta Travers who was posted to Tiree as a WAAF in 1945, during the second world war. The poppy was placed in the ground in front of the RAF Halifax memorial at Tiree’s airport for a while during 2015. See also 2017.12.2
