Top 100 objects

Browse key artefacts from our properties across the country.

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Incised stone

Pictish decoration has been carved into this stone block found in Orkney.

Object number GUR018

Time Period: Early medieval, Medieval

Property Information: Broch Of Gurness

Object type: Carved stone

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

Tape weaving loom

Narrow cotton tapes were made on looms like this at Stanley Mills from the 1930s to 1976.

Object number STN242

Time Period: Modern

Property Information: Stanley Mills

Object type: Loom

Photograph of distillery workers

A photo of the employees of Dallas Dhu Distillery, taken in the spring of 1920.

Object number DHU452

Time Period: 20th century, Modern

Property Information: Dallas Dhu Distillery

Object type: Photograph

Mass-dial

Monks at Inchcolm Abbey used this medieval sundial to get to their prayers on time.

Object number INCL/o/5a+b

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Inchcolm Abbey

Object type: Mass dial

Tapestry - The Unicorn is Found [R]

A modern version of the medieval Hunt of the Unicorn tapestry series graces the walls of the Royal Palace at Stirling Castle.

Object number STC189

Time Period: 21st century, Modern

Property Information: Stirling Castle

Object type: Tapestry

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

Cauldron

Food was once cooked over open fires in cauldrons like this one.

Object number TANT156

Time Period: 17th century, Post-medieval

Property Information: Tantallon Castle

Object type: Cauldron

Bone gaming counter

This bone object is thought to be a playing piece from a Viking board game called Hnefatafl.

Object number DIRL018

Time Period: Early medieval, Medieval

Property Information: Dirleton Castle

Object type: Gaming counter

Painting: Sergeant A Lawrence of the Dumbarton Volunteer Rifle Corps

In 1882, Sergeant Lawrence won the Queen’s Prize at Wimbledon – a top shooting prize.

Object number DUM178

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Dumbarton Castle

Object type: Painting

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

Glass vessel fragments (Islamic)

These small fragments of glass probably came from a drinking beaker.

Object number OCAE027

Time Period: Medieval

Property Information: Old Caerlaverock Castle

Object type: Glass

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

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

Portrait of Admiral Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown

Admiral Duncan (1731–1804) led the British fleet to victory against the Dutch at Camperdown in 1797.

Object number TRH038

Time Period: 18th century, Modern

Property Information: Trinity House

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

Harpoon

Harpoons like this were used by Scottish whalers in the Arctic in the early 1820s.

Object number TRH419

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Trinity House

Object type: Harpoon

Ballot box

Tropical tamarind seeds were used with this mahogany ballot box to cast votes at Trinity House.

Object number TRH062

Time Period: 18th century, Modern

Property Information: Trinity House

Object type: Ballot box

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

Bell Rock Lighthouse model

Bell Rock Lighthouse in miniature.

Object number TRH335

Time Period: 19th century, Modern

Property Information: Trinity House

Object type: Model

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