Top 100 objects

Browse key artefacts from our properties across the country.

Displaying 21-40 of 97

Portrait of Peter Wood

Peter Wood (1749–1826) was a central figure in the whaling industry.

Object number TRH045

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Trinity House

Object type: Painting

Painting: Portrait of James VI

This early portrait of James VI was likely painted at the time the Scottish court and Denmark began to negotiate an alliance by marriage.

Object number EDIN038

Time Period: 16th century, Post-medieval

Property Information: Edinburgh Castle

Object type: Painting

Backstaff

Sailors could tell the latitude of their ship at sea using a backstaff – also known as a Davis quadrant.

Object number TRH326

Time Period: 18th century, Modern

Property Information: Trinity House

Object type: Backstaff

Bell Rock Lighthouse model

Bell Rock Lighthouse in miniature.

Object number TRH335

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Trinity House

Object type: Model

Ship model - Whaling ship Faith

The Raith was one of the ships owned by Peter Wood (1749–1826), a central figure in the whaling industry.

Object number TRH382

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Trinity House

Object type: Ship model

Fire engine

Last used in 1929 to fight a fire at Glenlossie Distillery, this fire engine was pulled by a pair of horses.

Object number DHU018

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Dallas Dhu Distillery

Object type: Fire engine

Gargoyle

Known as Angus, this gargoyle once acted as a spout to direct rainwater from the roof of Caerlaverock Castle.

Object number CAER/o/1

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Caerlaverock Castle

Object type: Gargoyle/Drainage spout

Font panel

The slight curve to the back of this medieval panel from Crossraguel Abbey suggests that it was a section of a baptismal font.

Object number CGL/o/1

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Crossraguel Abbey

Object type: Carved stone

Jewellery box

Twists of paper and metallic threads were used to make the pattern on the lid and sides of this wooden jewellery box.

Object number DUM146

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Dumbarton Castle

Object type: Jewellery box

Beads

These beads may have been used as a necklace more than 4,500 years ago.

Object number SKB055

Time Period: Neolithic, Prehistoric

Property Information: Skara Brae

Object type: Bead

Canopied stall

This ornate bishop’s stall from the choir at Dunblane Cathedral bears the arms of Bishop James Chisholm (1487–1526).

Object number DBL036

Time Period: Late medieval, Medieval

Property Information: Dunblane Cathedral

Object type: Choir stall

Floor tile

At the centre of this floor tile from Linlithgow Palace are the letters “IM”, joined by a love knot.

Object number LLP158

Time Period: 16th century, Post-medieval

Property Information: Linlithgow Palace

Object type: Floor tile

Iron eel spear

Fish was a regular dish in medieval Scotland and this five-pronged eel spear or leister was one way to catch dinner.

Object number LLP184

Time Period: Post-medieval

Property Information: Linlithgow Palace

Object type: Eel spear

Print - Crichton Castle (East Side of the Court Yard)

An engraving of Crichton Castle by R.

Object number E6379

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Crichton Castle

Object type: Print

Toy soldiers and horses

These wooden toy soldiers and horses were found hidden below flooring at Stirling Castle.

Object number E362

Time Period: Modern

Property Information: Stirling Castle

Object type: Toy

Penguin carving

Made from a whale’s tooth, this penguin is an example of scrimshaw.

Object number TRH100

Time Period: 20th century, Modern

Property Information: Trinity House

Object type: Carving

Lock and key

Storing gunpowder was a dangerous business.

Object number DUM368

Time Period: 18th century, Modern

Property Information: Dumbarton Castle

Object type: Key

Pig iron ingot

An iron ‘pig’ or ingot made at Invergarry Furnace.

Object number BON019

Time Period: 18th century, Modern

Property Information: Bonawe Iron Furnace

Object type: Ingot

William the Lion penny

A silver penny minted in the reign of William I (1165–1214).

Object number ARB105

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Arbroath Abbey

Object type: Coin

Cross shaft - St Blane's stone

Carvings adorn the front of this early medieval stone slab from St Blane’s Chapel burial ground, Isle of Bute.

Object number SBC001

Time Period: Early medieval, Medieval

Property Information: St Blane's Church

Object type: Cross

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