Stoneware Ginger Beer Bottle Brora Heritage Centre This stoneware bottle once held ginger beer made in one of Bremner’s ‘lemonade factories’. With Brora becoming a resort destination around the turn of the century, with its beach, golf course, salmon rivers, and...
Teacup and SaucerGrantown Museum This ordinary-looking cup and saucer came from the Girl’s Club in Grantown-on-Spey, established during World War Two. The club’s original purpose was to knit blankets and warm items for troops at the Front, although it must also...
Fan Mussel Shell Gairloch Museum This very large fan mussel shell was found in Loch Ewe and is believed to have been around twenty years old. It’s one of the largest examples ever found. Britain’s biggest bivalve shellfish, the fan mussel (slige-ghaotharain) is now...
Puzzle Jug Glencoe Folk Museum This brown stoneware drinking vessel is actually a puzzle jug. On the front is written the challenge: ‘Gentlemen drink and let your skill be tested and forfeit made if anything be wasted.’ The neck of the jug is pierced with a floral...
Cas-chrom or Foot Plough Glencoe Folk Museum This tall, curved wooden plough was designed for use on the difficult Highland terrain. Extra force could be applied using the foot, forcing the ploughing blade at the bottom into rocky or uneven ground. Croft land was...
