Ladies’ CapeNairn Museum This very ornate lack ladies’ cape with a lace trim would have been worn by a very respectable Victorian lady. It came to Nairn Museum from Boath House, a substantial mansion a few miles from Nairn. It was built in 1827 for the Dunbar...
Socks in the Gairloch PatternGairloch Museum These socks are knitted in the unique ‘Gairoch pattern’, first documented in the mid-nineteenth century. The Mackenzies of Gairloch supported work schemes for their tenants during the potato famine in the 1840s. Spinning...
Presentation Trowel and MalletCromarty Courthouse Museum The custom of using a special commemorative trowel, usually made in gold or silver, was established near the start of the nineteenth century. A beautifully decorative object, a trowel was used at the ceremonial...
Paperknife and SpoonGairloch Museum John Mackenzie, who owned this paperknife and spoon, was one of the most important Gaelic scholars of his time. He is known as ‘John Mackenzie of the Beauties’ after his collection of biographical accounts and poetry of the best...
Smuggler’s MeasureWest Highland Museum This copper measure reveals a tale of illegal whisky smuggling. Found under the old hotel at Invergarry, it was donated to the Museum in 1926. It has been pierced by a hole, almost certainly by an exciseman so that it could not...
