Death Mask of Prince Charles Edward Stuart West Highland Museum This bronze death mask is thought to be a copy of an original made by Bernardina Lucchesi, one of a family of modellers in Rome. It was brought to Scotland by Lucchesi in 1839, and was handed down through...
Duff StretcherWest Highland Museum The stretcher was invented by Donald Duff (1893-1968) in 1944, and was used by Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team, whose patch includes Ben Nevis. Duff was a doctor, pioneer of Scottish mountain rescue, inventor, author, and the leader of...
Lord Lovat’s Spectacles West Highland Museum These round, tortoiseshell spectacles with a leather case are said to have belonged to Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, (1667 – 1747). Chief of Clan Fraser, he was a Jacobite who was nicknamed the ‘Old Fox’ for his...
Montrose’s HelmetWest Highland Museum This trooping helmet belonged to James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose (1612 – 1650). Montrose was a Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier. He initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but...
St Kilda Mailboat West Highland Museum By the late 1890s, a unique system of mail dispatch had developed on the remote Scottish archipelago of St Kilda. Letters were enclosed in a waterproof receptacle, usually a sheep’s bladder, attached to a homemade buoy, and...
