Child’s Nurse Dressing-up CostumeHighland Museum of Childhood This nurse dressing-up costume is typical of the uniform nurses wore during the 1940s and 1950s. Consisting of a blue dress, a navy and red cape, an apron, cap, and arm cuffs, it shows high levels of...
Clockwork NurseHighland Museum of Childhood This clockwork toy is modelled on a nursemaid playing ‘Ring-a-ring of Roses’ with a young child. The nursemaid’s costume and hairstyle are typical of that worn during the nineteenth century. We know it was bought by a mother...
Catheter SetTarbat Discovery Centre Dr John Pyle, known as Jack, was born in Portmahomack in 1895, the eldest child of the village doctor. Like his father, he also studied medicine. During the First World War, he fought with the Highland Light Infantry, however he...
Aspiration SetTarbat Discovery Centre Dr John Pyle, known as Jack, was born in Portmahomack in 1895, the eldest child of the village doctor. Like his father, he also studied medicine. During the First World War, he fought with the Highland Light Infantry, however he...
Snuff Mull Made from the Top of a Drum Major’s MaceThe Highlanders’ Museum This object is called a ‘snuff mull’ and was used to store snuff, a powdered form of tobacco. Snuff was often taken by the more elite members of society, whilst lower classes...
