Dr Grant’s Teapot Glencoe Folk Museum This teapot belonged to a much-loved Highland GP, Dr Lachlan Grant, who served the community of Ballachulish for 45 years until his death in 1945. The teapot is special because of its design which features a stirrer attached to...
Nameplate of Dr GrantGlencoe Folk Museum This nameplate belonged to a much-loved Highland GP, Dr Lachlan Grant, who served the community of Ballachulish for 45 years until his death in 1945. A high-flying medical student at the University of Edinburgh Medical School,...
Replica TargeGlencoe Folk Museum This beautiful replica object gives us a glimpse of Highland battles from the late sixteenth century until the mid-eighteenth century. In fact, Highland targes were the last type of shields to be used in battle in Europe. The spike on...
Bottle of ChloroformGlencoe Folk Museum This brown glass bottle would have once contained chloroform, a substance which was used as an anaesthetic. In the nineteenth century, lots of different substances were being trialled as potential drugs to keep people asleep...
Bird ScarerGlencoe Folk Museum This object gives us an insight into daily life for farming communities. It is a wooden device used for scaring birds. When the handle is spun, a loud noise is created when the wooden strip hits the cogs. They were commonly used by...
