Typical crofter’s work clothing displayed during the Agriculture exhibition in 2012: blue denim dungarees, blue denim jacket, checked cotton shirt, green/grey cloth cap, green rain hat, red neck scarf, black belt, sturdy walking boots.
Decorative brass tray/dish commemorating WWI and depicting a uniformed soldier in action. Found in Mannal House, former home of Margaret (Meeta) MacDonald.
Hand bell made from the brass casing of two artillery shells commemorating the Boer War 1900-1902. Found in Mannal House, the former home of Margaret (Meeta) MacDonald.
Price’s Child’s night lights, 1960s. Eight small candles (two partly used) in original cardboard box. Resembling tea-lights, they were “to burn in a saucer with water”.
Efficiency Medal bearing the head of King George VI on one side and on the other the words “For Efficient Service”. Instituted in 1908, the Efficiency Medal was awarded to members of the Territorial Army (UK), Colonial Auxiliary Forces and Indian Volunteer Forces, with more than 12 years service. This version of the medal was issued during 1949-1952 and includes the word “INDIAE”. The recipient’s name is engraved on the rim: 544938 CPL W MACLACHLAN AYR YEO. The ribbon would have been dark green with yellow borders. Found in a garden in Scarinish.
Shoebox of about 80 shards of pottery and bone, excavated by FG Hay from the small dun at the east end of Balephetrish Bay (probably An Dùn), in 1966. One pottery piece is patterned and another may be tusk.
Brass artillery shell casing dated 1941 found in 2014 amongst the belongings of the late Les Crawte in ‘Windrush’, Milton, his last home on Tiree. Engraved on the bottom: LOT1 EOC 1941 [symbols x3] 12Pr 12CW[remainder obscured].
Three pieces of worked serpentine stone and/or green marble made by Hugh MacLean, Barrapol. One may have been intended as a paperweight, while the other two may have been intended as pendants.
Electric neck-tie iron made by Ser-Val Products Corporation, Newark, New Jersey, ca 1930. From the estate of Angus MacLean, The Coolins, Scarinish.
Wilkinson’s hand razor in its chrome-plated/EPNS/stainless steel box, manufactured around 1950. Found in ‘Four Winds’, Kilmoluaig in 2015.
