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Piece of lead piping from Linlithgow Palace, inscribed 1538 J. Frame, in modern characters
Grave plate of lead, inscribed "HIC : REQVIESCIT : WILIAMUS : SENEX FELICIS MEMORIE / PRIMVS EPISCOPUS", found in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, during the repairs of 1848, identifying the grave of William, first Bishop of Orkney (c. 1102 - 1168), possibly c. 1250 AD
The Maiden, a guillotine of oak and metal, used for beheading criminals in Edinburgh, 1564 - 1710 AD
Settle of green-stained ashwood decorated with a beaten lead panel depicting three peacocks and two upright panels of cream linen, each with a blue stencilled design (replaced with copies around 1990), exhibited with the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, 1896: Scottish, Glasgow, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and made by J. & W. Guthrie, lead panel probably by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1895
Beaten lead frame with an abstract art nouveau design, containing a reproduction of The Walk by Mattthijs Maris, the frame probably by Frances Macdonald: Scottish, Glasgow, c. 1898.
One of three cylindrical lead capsule-like objects with loops opposite, found below the cliff at Tantallon Castle, East Lothian
Set of Highland bagpipes with two drones only and with mountings of lead and horn, 18th century, and acquired in the 19th century by James Drummond
Lead heart perforated for suspension, used for curing the heart ailments of children in Forres Parish and the surrounding area
Skillet with leaded bronze body and handle but modern brass base, ornamented with champlevé enamel in red, blue and green with a vine scroll and a wreath, Roman, from Linlithgow, West Lothian, late 1st or 2nd century AD
Trial design on a lead disc, with incised spirals, Pictish, from the Brough of Birsay, Orkney, 700 - 900 AD