Flat elongated macehead or shafthole adze of steatite, from Shetland

Handled steatite ladle, from Houlland, Unst, Shetland

Handled steatite ladle from Houlland, Unst, Shetland

Handled cooking bowl of steatite from Houlland, Unst, Shetland, 800 - 1100 AD

Cooking bowl of steatite, incomplete, from Houlland, Unst, Shetland

Small square finished steatite bowl, from Shetland

Bowl of steatite, oblong with animal-head handle and ornamented with incised lines, from Newton of Auchingoul, Inverkeithny, Banffshire, Scotland

Spindle whorl of steatite, with runic inscription meaning 'Gautr carved the runes', from Stromness, Orkney, 1000 - 1200 AD

Steatite urn, which contained a cremation deposit, from a cist excavated by James Farrar M.P. at Stennis [Stenness], Orkney

Steatite urn, that contained calcined bones and cramp, from Orkney, Bronze Age

Circular urn of steatite with ornamental rim, from Aucorn, Caithness, Highland, Bronze Age

Urn of steatite, from Little Asta, Tingwall, Shetland, Middle Bronze Age, 1800 - 1200 BC

Small vessel of steatite, from Little Asta, Tingwall, Shetland, Middle Bronze Age, 1800 - 1200 BC

Flat oval pieces of steatite, from Leyland, Sanday, Orkney

Plug of steatite, from a cist at Quandale Mound no.8, Rousay, Orkney, Middle Bronze Age, 1850 - 1400 BC

Plug of steatite, from a cist at Quandale Mound no.8, Rousay, Orkney, Middle Bronze Age, 1850 - 1400 BC