Silver plaid brooch set with a cairngorm in the centre and a ring of sixteen carbuncles round it, worn by the chiefs of Clanranald, mid 19th century

Plaid or blanket with a dark border, from Barrock, Wick, Caithness, Scotland

Circular plaid brooch of brass with one face decorated with roundels containing interlace alternating with triangles filled with triquetras

Woman's plaid, or arisaid, with red and green check over cream ground, embroidered with the letters 'I B', from Melrose, Gamrie, Banffshire, made before 1790

Officer's plaid brooch, 1914 - 1920, worn by Major C.H. Elmes

Plaid brooch, 1914 - 1915, owned by Colour Sergeant H.G.F. MacDonald

Short fly plaid in Ross tartan, gathered and pleated for tying at the waist, with a silk rosette and plaid brooch for shoulder, part of a tartan suit originally made and worn for George IV's visit to Scotland in 1822 and taken to Australia by Donald Munro Ross when he emigrated in 1864, Scotland, early 19th century

Silver plaid brooch with surface divided by chevrons, 1750 - 1800

Plaid, part of a suit of Highland dress belonging to William Blackhall of Blackfaulds and worn during King George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822

Hard tartan plaid with plaited fringe at each end, part of a man's kilt suit c.1820-30

Cast pierced flat ring plaid brooch of traditional Highland form, decorated with four roundels of interlace, inscription commemorates gift to Ronald MacKenzie, nephew of John Ban MacKenzie, in 1869

Ring-style plaid brooch with facetted crystal, the ring underside is engraved 'Presented by the Northern Meeting to Donald MacKenzie for 2nd Best Performance on the Great Highland Bagpipe, 1847'

Ring-style plaid brooch, plain ring with four cast and chased thistles between wire decoration supporting a facetted crystal, said to have been presented to John Ban MacKenzie by Queen Victoria, 1854

Boy's fringed plaid of red, green and white woollen tartan pleated onto a narrow band with a buckle and tartan rosette, part of a boy's Highland dress outfit worn by Alexander Allen, Ayrshire: Scottish, c. 1910 - 1915

Plaid sewn from two widths of tartan, acquired by Sir John Hynde Cotton when he visited Scotland in 1744