Brass Button Stick The Highlander’s Museum Button sticks were used to protect a soldier’s uniform whilst polishing the buttons, showing the high standards expected and the care taken with appearance. This button stick belonged to Private John Collins of...
Chair belonging to Bonnie Prince Charlie Glencoe Folk Museum This tall-backed wooden chair has always been associated with Prince Charles Edward Stuart – also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. It is believed to have been given to MacDonald of Glencoe by the Prince’s...
Celtic Design BowlGroam House Museum This brightly painted wooden bowl shows the philosophy of George Bain who was central to the revival of Celtic art during the early twentieth century. George Bain (1881 – 1968) was an artist and educator born in Scrabster...
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 –...
Original copy of Down to the Sea Seaboard Centre Down to the Sea documents life in the Seaboard villages and was made during a project led by local school teacher Jessie MacDonald from Hilton. Whilst teaching at Hilton of Cadboll Junior Secondary School in 1951-52,...
