‘Spitalfields’ Silk DressGlencoe Folk Museum This beautiful dress takes its name from Spitalfields, London, where it was originally made with brocaded woven silk. It is believed to have belonged to an upper-class Jacobite supporter during the 1740s....
Commemorative Pocket WatchThe Highlander’s Museum During the early twentieth century, pocket watches were the height of fashion for the upper classes. They were not new – this portable way to tell the time had actually been invented as early as 1510. From...
Mackay Tartan KiltStrathnaver Museum This Mackay tartan kilt was made from a length of vegetable-dyed material for Ian Mackay. Sadly, during the First World War, Ian was killed whilst seeing action with the Sixth Battalion of the Cameron Highlanders in 1918. Following...
Leather HandbagGroam House Museum This Celtic-design handbag was used by Jessie Bain, the wife of artist George Bain, although it is not certain who made it. The initials ‘JB’ and the date ‘1937’ are embossed inside. George Bain (1881 –...
Tackity Boots Glencoe Folk Museum Boots like these were worn by quarry workers to protect their feet. Ballachulish Quarry was established in the late seventeenth century and provided industry in the region for many years. The slate was formed during Precambrian...
