Butter PatsHighland Museum of Childhood During the Victorian period, most foods were made at home, including butter, bread, and biscuits. Butter was churned by hand, from milk, either in a large wooden barrel-like device with a long wooden plunger or smaller...
Fisher Price Chatter TelephoneHighland Museum of Childhood This iconic 1980s toy is still available to buy today – it became popular again after featuring in the Toy Story films. The original version had a wooden body with plastic wheels, eyes, receiver, and...
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...
Bottle of PoisonGlencoe Folk Museum This green bottle had poisonous contents derived from saponins, a class of plant extracts. Poisons were stocked for many years by apothecaries or chemists for a range of purposes including for poisoning pests and vermin such as...
