Victorian Tennis RacketNairn Museum This Slazenger ‘Queens Junior’ wooden tennis racket dates from Victorian times. Tennis became a popular sport during the Victorian era among the middle and upper classes. The game has been played for centuries, but it was during the...
Ladies’ Shoes Nairn Museum These fashionable ladies’ shoes give us a lovely insight into early twentieth-century fashions. With a small heel, they are made from black suede with a grey check pattern, designed to be laced up. The inner sole shows that these shoes were...
Ladies’ CapeNairn Museum This very ornate lack ladies’ cape with a lace trim would have been worn by a very respectable Victorian lady. It came to Nairn Museum from Boath House, a substantial mansion a few miles from Nairn. It was built in 1827 for the Dunbar...
Tress RingCromarty Courthouse Museum While they may not look like money to us, ‘tress rings’ like this were actually used as currency by Celtic tribes. We call this ‘proto-currency’. Unlike coins, which have to be kept in purses or pouches, ring money could be worn on...
Box Brownie 2 CameraBrora Heritage Centre This Box Brownie 2 camera is a great example of the camera that transformed who was able to take photographs. It was the first mass-produced and affordable camera, developed at the start of the twentieth century. The...
