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Sgian dubh, a small knife with horn grip and brass mount in leather sheath, probably for wearing in a stocking top with Highland dress: 19th century
Red Book of Clanranald, written in Gaelic by the MacVurichs, bards of Clanranald in the 17th and 18th centuries, containing poems and the traditional genealogy and history of the Macdonalds
Three-cornered lantern with a wooden frame and base and tin candle holder, carried by Lady Grizell Baillie when visiting her Covenanter father, Sir Patrick Hume, during his concealment in the vault beneath Polwarth Church in 1684
Pieces of a leather belt with a plain metal buckle, found on top of a jacket at Gunnister, Shetland
One of a pair of baby's bootees of red wool with leather soles, probably made about 1780
One of a pair of baby's bootees of red wool with leather soles, probably made about 1780
Smallsword with a silver hilt and blade marked En Tolo, in a leather scabbard, made in Glasgow by William Clerk, probably 1698
Drum, painted wood with skin, rope and leather, used by the Old Town Guard in Edinburgh, probably made in Edinburgh, Midlothian
Set of Northumbrian small pipes with a stitched leather bag inside a red baize bag trimmed with red braid, the drones, stocks and chanter of ivory, the latter of the plain open type and attached to the blowpipe is a small keyhole shaped bellows, 18th - early 19th century
One leather shoe or slipper for the left foot, slightly pointed toe, hand cut design and pinking details, supposed to be one of five shoes: British, possibly late medieval
Man's breeches in yellow chamois leather, with centre front button fastening, welt pocket on wearer's right and fall opening at front, centre back waistline with gusset insert and ties, legs extending to calf with short opening at each knee fastened by six buttons and a tie: probably British, c. 1790 - 1820
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