Spyglass Belonging to Major John CameronThe Highlanders’ Museum A spyglass is a small telescope. This example was used for observation by volunteer battalions of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. It shows that volunteer battalions were an important...
Clothes Brush Belonging to Private D Ross of the 79th Highland Light InfantryThe Highlanders’ Museum This clothes brush would have been part of a soldier’s ‘necessaries’ and can help us understand the everyday life of members of the armed...
Knife from FishertownNairn Museum This Shellbert knife was used for shelling mussels and similar shellfish for bait. The Fishwives of Fishertown, Nairn carried out an extremely important role within the community. In the days, when a great deal of fishing was...
Fisherwoman’s CreelNairn Museum Small woven fish creels, like this one with a plaited rope handle, were used by the fishwives to carry fish for selling either door-to-door or at the market stances. The Nairn Fishwives would often walk for miles to Inverness and...
Leech JarGlencoe Folk Museum Leeches were stored in this jar in a pharmacy before being sold to physicians. These parasitic worms were used for bloodletting, once a popular therapy believed to cure a range of conditions. The practice of bloodletting relied on...
