Light brown knitted cap, found at Gunnister, Shetland

Light brown knitted cap, found at Gunnister, Shetland

Cap knitted in a Fair Isle pattern, part of a presentation collection made for Sheriff Thoms, c. 1880 - 1890

One of three cylindrical lead capsule-like objects with loops opposite, found below the cliff at Tantallon Castle, East Lothian

Lady's semicircular cape of dark brown, tan, grey and off-white checked wool

Forage cap, 1808

Cap, Royal Naval Air Service, 1914 - 1918

Cap worn during World War I, with letter

Officer's light troop cap, Royal Scots Greys, 1756 - 1763, leather skull cap with medal crest and mitre front

Embroidered mitre cap bearing the cypher of William and Mary flanked by thistles, the inner bag absent, c. 1690

Cap from an officer's uniform, c. 1919

Sectional model of Brown's hydraulic capstan, made in the museum workshop, 1/4 scale

Captain Georges' artificial mercurial horizon, two black-lacquered steel reservoirs on three levelling feet (one broken), interconnected by tube fitted with stopcock, in fitted leather carrying case, as used on the Antarctic Expedition of 1901, signed and made by William Cary of London, c. 1870

Miner's electric caplamp, with a steel-alkaline battery in a stainless steel case, sectioned to reveal the interior of the case and the details of the centre cell

Model of a capping device for an oil-rig, consisting of two pieces of chromium-plated pipe bolted together, as used on the Ekco-Fisc Fields in the North Sea

Bride's cape composed of three rows of shield-like forms in black, pale green and white silk, embroidered with flowers and birds in coloured silks, with a blue silk net and silk tassel fringe below: Western China, Sichuan Province, 19th century