HandcuffsCromarty Courthouse Museum This pair of Hiatt handcuffs were used for prisoners in Cromarty’s Courthouse and jail during the Victorian period. The design of handcuffs has changed little since this pair first went into production in 1780. The a D-shaped wrist...
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...
Whisky Still West Highland Museum This whisky still has a mysterious history. It was found abandoned anonymously on the steps of the museum in the 1920s. The damage was caused by some over-zealous excisemen (or tax collectors) who were determined to make sure that the...
Print by D Y CameronWest Highland Museum This detailed print was made by the prominent Scottish artist and etcher Sir D Y Cameron (1865 – 1945). To create this print, D Y Cameron used ‘The Strange Plate’, a copper plate made in 1746 and intended to print bank...
