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Tenor drone joint Tenor drone joint

Tenor drone top joint or tenor top of African blackwood, mounted with stainless steel ferrule and composition resin bush and ring cap, from Gillanders and Macleod, Forfar, 1977

Billet Billet

Billet of African blackwood cut to chanter length, with the ends varnished and drilled out to 6 inches of its length, from Gillanders and Macleod, Forfar, 1977

Coherer Coherer

Lodge point contact coherer, an early form of coherer made of two brass rods in light contact, mounted on a glass insulating rod on a rectangular wooden base, developed two years after Heinrich Hertz demonstrated transmission using radio waves, used by Sir Olver Lodge, maker unknown, England, c. 1890

Woodblock print Woodblock print

Woodblock print in watercolour entitled Yuki (Snow), abstract design with stylized snowflakes, framed and glazed: Scottish, Edinburgh, by Paul Furneaux, 2001

Corner cupboard Corner cupboard

Tall cupboard square in plan, doors on two of four sides, each door opens on a cupboard with two shelves, upper has glass panels in lattice design and red cotton curtain, lower has wooden door, from Fala Dam

Meal kist Meal kist

Wooden meal kist or chest or girnel, three large drawers and three small at top below lid, bottom drawer is only real drawer, hinged top opens, surface is brown varnished, 19th - 20th century

Chanter Chanter

Highland bagpipe chanter of African blackwood or ebony which has been carefully repaired, late 19th century

Chanter Chanter

Highland bagpipe chanter, missing sole, of tropical hardwood, possibly cocus wood, covered with a dark varnish and cracked and bound between finger holes, 19th century

Sign Sign

Edinburgh Corporation Tramways Parcel Express sign of metal in a wooden frame, with white lettering on a red background

Panel Panel

Panel of decorative paintwork with trompe l'oeil decoration: English, London, Thomas Kershaw, 1850 - 1859

Panel Panel

Panel of painted in imitation of rouge royal marble: English, London, Thomas Kershaw, 1857

Panel Panel

Panel of decorative paintwork with 'Chinese' marble decoration: English, London, Thomas Kershaw, 1856

Panel Panel

Panel painted in imitation of Vere Compo marble: English, London, Thomas Kershaw, 1856

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