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Bag, trade
Bag, trade: paper carrier bag "HERBERT SPENCE M.P.S. ... The Pharmacy, Stromness".
ID: 2001.007
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Card, record
Card, record: Weight card "Baby Wilson 15 Wellpark 18.11.38 - 4.4.39 - HERBERT SPENCE, The Pharmacy, Stromness.
ID: 2001.008
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Log, ship
Log, ship's: Log of 'Narcissus' kept by Peter Hercus.
ID: 2001.009
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Sword - 'SHIC,1.814'
Dress sword salvaged from the German Fleet. The blade shows signs of wear but the hilt is in good condition. Very ornate, brass with ivory inlay.
ID: 2001.010
Book - 'An Account of the Conduct and Proceedings of the late John Gow alias Smith, Captain of the late Pirates, Executed for Murther and Piracy'
Book by Daniel Defoe, c1726. Original cover missing.
ID: 2001.011
Bottle

Bottle: square gin case bottle with original cork. 18th ct. Bought by donor at Stromness auction Mart, c 1970.

ID: 2001.012
Painting, oil - 'Norwegian Whalers in Stromness Harbour'
Oil painting depicting Norwegian whalers in Stromness Harbour. The painting is unglazed and framed in a plain wooden frame. It shows a busy harbour scene with two men working in the foreground.
ID: 2001.013
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Book, account
Book, account: household expenditure of William Taylor, H.B.C. 1871. Paperback notebook with marbled cover.
ID: 2001.014
Printing Roller Hub

Matrix, Franking Machine. Circular, steel, with detachable steel block typeset "STROMNESS ORKNEY 645 AM 28 SEP 90". Used at Stromness on a hand operated franking machine - 1990.

ID: 2001.015
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Bag, trade
Bag, trade: two brown paper bags 'A ALLAN. BUTCHER & POULTERER, DUNDAS. ST., STROMNESS'.
ID: 2001.016