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Family bible Eyre and Spottiswoode. Embossed leather and cloth cover with leaf design  comprising of "The Family Bible" back and front, and "Holy Bible" on the endf.  Brass trim .

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Clay pipe. Made to commemorate the Crystal Palace and the Great Exhibition of 1851. It has a relief of the Crystal Palace round the bowl showing flags flying from the towers.

ID: 1974.001

Emigration post card, Allan Line to Canada (blank) menu was attached (now 1974.2) for Corinthian. 1907.

ID: 1974.001
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Sea-boot last, made at Lyon's Smiddy, Brig O'Waithe. C. 1870s.
ID: 1974.002
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Two fragments of ore.
ID: 1974.003
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'Jawbreaker', used for breaking in horses.
ID: 1974.004
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Pair of tongs - ? local smiddy-made.
ID: 1974.005
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Multiple tool from plane that crashed near Stromness in the second world war.
ID: 1974.006
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Large wooden crochet hook.
ID: 1974.007
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Chipping hammer used for chipping steamship boilers.
ID: 1974.008