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White china plate with gold rim and German eagle crest.
ID: 1999.030
White china soup plate with gold rim and German eagle crest.
ID: 1999.031
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Whalebone dress busk with whaling scene engraved. From the Sutherland family, Alfred Street, Stromness.
ID: 1999.032
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Sail from yole 'Loving Friend' ownder by James Flett of Damhouse, Flotta and formerly by William 'Bunt' Knight of Stromness. White sail cloth.
ID: 1999.033
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Fishbasket. Owned by James Flett, Damhouse, Flotta.
ID: 1999.034
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Polythene carrier bag of the Hudsons Bay Company (modern). 'The Bay'. Trade blanket stripes in green, red, yellow, blue.
ID: 1999.035
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Typewriter, manual. Portable typewriter, Imperial "The Good Companion" Made in Leicester, England; in carrying case. Used by donor's father, William Sutherland, coal merchant.
ID: 1999.036

Needlework picture. British naval man-o'-war with open gun ports. In box frame. Formerly in Skaill House. Very faded.

ID: 1999.037
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Ship carpenter's mallet. Used by Tom Sinclair or Breckquoy in Holm, ship's carpenter with Cunard.
ID: 1999.038
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Stamp, marking: W. Hourston, Photographer.
ID: 1999.039