Hessian sack printed with `National Commercial Bank` used by the Royal Bank in Scarinish.
2003.50.4
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Object Type: artefact
2003.50.6
Lockable night safe bag with key. Stamped `National Bank of Scotalnd Limited No. 114`.
2003.48.6
Piece of crockery from RAF NAAFI on Tiree.
Piece of NAAFI crockery stamped G.R. VI 1943.
2003.48.7
Harvests knots
Photograph of three harvests knots.
Courtesy of Mr Lachlan MacLean
These harvest knots were made in 2003 by Lachie MacLean of Kenovay who learned how to make them from his father. They would be plaited from straw at the end of harvest and either worn in a buttonhole, attached to horses’ harnesses or displayed in church.
A thick stem is selected from the base of the plant, often small oats or rye, the outer skin peeled away and cut into 18 inch lengths between the nodes. Two pieces are tied together at one end, plaited, then tied in a simple knot and secured with thread.
It is an old custom that seems not to have a well-known Gaelic name on Tiree and may have been imported from the Lowlands of Scotland by migrant harvest workers. It is also known as a True Lover’s Knot and in Ireland is worn at weddings.
1998.70.12
Cart licence badge.
Cart licence badge for J. McCaffer & Sons of Parliamentary Road, Glasgow.
1998.70.13
Oblong cardboard box with oval insert and lid. Lid stamped with ` Wall Taylor, Caledonian Mans., Oban`. Use unknown.
1998.70.11
Five horse rosettes and ribbons.
Three tartan (one with white bead work) and two red and blue horse rosettes and extra ribbons used for decorating horses shown at Agricultural Shows (see photo D3 – 1997.159.14)
2003.35.1
Doctor`s bag dating from WWII and medical equipment belonging to donor`s father, Dr Stuart Robertson.
Doctor`s bag dating from WWII belonging to Dr Stuart Robertson, GP in Margate 1926-40 and in Bournemouth 1940-60. Bag contains: an emergency enema in an envelope with a letter from the manufacturer`s Harker Stagg Ltd dated February 1959; empty bluish glass bottle with glass stopper; black case inscribed with Dr Stuart Robertson conatining 7 empty phials (pethidine, mogadon, etc); suspensory bandage from Army & Navy Stores in its box; Leslies Ltd catalogue dated August 1940 of medical and surgical plasters; empty glass bottle with cork stopper labelled Alkia Saltrates;packet of surgical staples; metal case containing glass syringe and hypodermic needles; brown glass jar containing collosal iodine ointment; two aluminium spatulas; screw top metal box of surgeons` finger stalls; lance; tongue depresser; box containing seven tubes of horsehair sutures and needles.
2003.35.3
Metal tin containing empty ointment boxes, empty lozenge tins and a pin-on apron. It also used to contain sterile dressings.
2003.28.1
Fridge magnet with photograph of Iceland ponies at Caoles.
Fridge magnet with photograph of Iceland ponies at Caoles.
