Letters from shop sign in Scarinish
Ten white and beige plastic/formica letters spelling `MacDonalds` from the sign at the door of Mona`s shop on the corner of the pier road in Scarinish. Appears to have come from two separate sets of lettering with some letters missing.
Souvenir mustard pot
Round painted ceramic mustard pot and spoon in the style of a thatched house and `Isle of Tiree` painted on top. Possibly from Mona MacDonald`s shop in Scarinish.
Chocolate bar wrapper from around 1950. Possibly from Mona MacDonald`s shop in Scarinish. ‘Rowntrees milk assorted cream tablet, 2d’ on yellow paper.
Bicycle lamp sold in Mona MacDonald`s shop in Scarinish
Exide drydex cycle lamp for the front of a bicycle, in its original green and yellow cardboard box. From sales stock stored in Mona MacDonald`s shop at the Pier Road corner in Scarinish.
Small brass and glass paraffin lamp that was probably hooked onto the side of the clock on the bridge of a ship. From the estate of Angus MacLean, The Coolins, Scarinish.
Glass bottle with glass stopper, 1880s
Glass mineral water bottle with internal glass ball stopper. Made by Dan Rylands, Barnsley, 1884-1888, who was the sole maker of this bottle, for McCall of Oban. Contains the Codd`s Patent Globe Stopper. It was with this bottle that Godd started the first bottle exchange in the world (money back on bottle).
`Tilley` vapouriser for a domestic iron
Vapouriser made by the Tilley Lamp Company with cleaning wire and control knob for use with domestic iron D.N.250 (early steam iron?). Includes cardboard box and packaging sleeve. From the estate of Angus MacLean, The Coolins, Scarinish.
Pressing iron ca 1860
Heavy pressing iron used around 1860 for pressing cloth over two sheets. From the estate of Angus MacLean, The Coolins, Scarinish.
Flat iron for smoothing fabric around 1890. From the estate of Angus MacLean, The Coolins, Scarinish.
Tailor`s iron for smoothing fabric, with wooden handle and heating brick (iron?) that would have first been heated before inserting into the iron. In use around 1900. From the estate of Angus MacLean, The Coolins, Scarinish.
