Pair of stockings or hose of cloth, from Barrock, Wick, Caithness, Scotland

Pair of dark brown knitted stockings, worked with clocks, found at Gunnister, Shetland

Woman's stocking of cream-coloured silk, one of a pair, with the clocks partly in openwork and partly embroidered: English, early 19th century

Woman's stocking of cream-coloured silk, one of a pair, with the clocks partly in openwork and partly embroidered: English, early 19th century

One of a pair of stockings of brown wool cloth cut on the bias, the foot reinforced by other cloths, one of a collection of finds from a body discovered in a bog on Arnish Moor, Lewis: Scottish, early 18th century

One of a pair of stockings of brown wool cloth cut on the bias, the foot reinforced by other cloths, one of a collection of finds from a body discovered in a bog on Arnish Moor, Lewis: Scottish, early 18th century