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.
Length of hand-made rope made from twisted straw.
Rope twister from Balemartine
Hand-made iron and wood rope twister / corra shùgan used for twisting straw into rope. Includes a hand-written note by John Morton Boyd: “Given to me by Mrs Chrissie MacArthur, Balemartine, and formerly owned by the late John MacNeill.”
Iron pan or skillett for hanging over open fire
Black-painted flat, iron cooking pan or skillet for hanging over the fire on a chain.
Two goffering irons
One small and one medium sized goffering irons used for pressing pleats into fabric. These would have been used in conjunction with appropriately sized pokers which would have first been heated in the fire before being inserted into the irons to heat them.
Iron stand
Decorative, metal stand for resting a hot iron during ironing.
Pot chain from a ruined house at The Land, Barrapol
Black-painted metal pot chain / slàbhraidh found in the chimney of a ruined thatched house (Tigh Thearlaich Bhruin) at The Land, Barrapol. Given to Ailean Boyd by William MacNeill (Uilleam an Tailleir). Includes a note handwritten by Ailean Boyd in 1972.
Wartime service issue hand mirror
Small plain hand-mirror issued to service personnel during WWII.
Bridle for a cart horse
Two partial driving bridles used on cart horses used to form one complete set.
WWII course book about ammunitions, ca. 1940
Ring-binder file folder of typed text, diagrams and hand-written notes about the use and care of ammunitions during WWII. Used by trainees taking courses. Subjects include; pyrotechnics demolition, explosives, pistol revolver, rifle, cameras, workshops. Hand-written on inside front cover is “A.R. Rodger, 45 Course, 6 Squad.
