Collars

Collars

lace, silk thread, cotton

found at bonfire site above Stove

Kid Gloves

Kid Gloves

early 19th Century

found on moorland above Stove at bonfire site

The gloves were found in a sack of clothing, beside the still smouldering embers of a bonfire. The clothes date from the beginning of the 19th Century to the 1930's. The gloves are made of fine kid skin, for small and delicate hands with brass popper fastening over the wrists.

Giant Barnacle Segments

Giant Barnacle Segments

the largest 1.5" long

( a complete barnacle can be 4" across )

frequently found on the North shore of Egilsay

Together they form a six sided, volcano shaped structure where the all seeing, all knowing barnacle lives. These segments are rarely, if ever, found elsewhere on Orkney shores but on Egilsay they are found in abundance. A local naturalist identifies them as Horse Barnacles. 

Broom Bristles

Cluster of Bristles

from fishing boat broom

plastic 7" high

from the sea

Japanese Container

Japanese orange Juice Container

plastic

15" high

from the sea

Balloon

Balloon

foil. plastic ribbon

!6" across

blown in by gales

found on Sanday tangled with roadside fence

Hat Box

Hat Box

tin, painted blue inside

9" deep   14" Across

found at Stove

The hatbox was found inside a box-bed in a north facing bedroom at Stove. For a while, a hole in the roof had opened this room to the elements. The box-bed had been made into a wardrobe with hooks and hangers. Now it has returned to being a bed.

Bouquet of Paper Flowers

Paper Flowers

tissue paper, wire

11" across

made by Helen Scott

found at Stove in her bedroom

Gas Mask

Gas Mask

World War II

rubber, brass, acetate, canvas

found in the stables at Stove

Seal Cranium

Seal Cranium

the top section of skull from base to bridge of nose

from the sea

Coffeepot

 Coffeepot

tin and bakelite

11" high

from Sanday

Sellotape

Reels of Sellotape

used

mysteriously lost at sea

found over 2 or 3 years on Doun Helzie

Songs of Scotland

Songs of Scotland

selected & edited by Granville Bantock

music book for piano and voice

from Sanday Recycling Centre

The Songs

A Hundred Pipers,  Annie Laurie,  Auld Lang Syne,  Bonnie Dundee,  Bonnie Wee Thing,  Caller Herrin',  Ca' the Yowes,  Charlie is my Darlin',  Comin' thro' the Rye,  Green Grow the Rashes o,  Highland Laddie,   My Luve is like a Red, Red Rose,  O Can Ye Sew Cushions?,  Scotland Yet,  Scots Wha Ha'e,  The Bluebells of Scotland,  The Campbells are Comin',  The Flowers of the Forest,  The March of the Cameron Men,  Ye Banks and Braes.

Lettering

Shop Front Lettering

letters 12" high

wood, blue gloss paint

from former Kettletoft Stores, Sanday

Wool

Wool wrapped round Cardboard

belonging to Helen Scott

many shades of rose

found at Stove

Sunday Shoes

Sunday Shoes

belonging to Helen Scott of Stove

leather, brass, wooden heels

Found in the stables at Stove where John Scott had his workshop and things that needed mending accumulated as well as pots of tar, whale ribs and all his tools. The space he used was where the cart was kept. It was still there, propped against a wall, wheelless. shaftless, festooned in strands of ivy that had found it's way in through the slates. The Scott's were allocated the stables at Stove as part of their croft. These buildings escaped the fire.

Lino

Broken Lino

from the stairs at Stove

chosen by Helen Scott

Although Helen Scott's half of Stove became derelict after she left, taken over by rats and pigeons with the weather coming in through holes in the roof, her lino on the yellow staircase still survives.

Windmill Boy

Windmill Boy

Hand carved, painted figure with

arms that spin in the wind

11" high

hardwood, bolts, rod and plate at base

for attaching him to a pole.

from Tofts Farm, Sanday

Flat Iron

19th Century Flat iron

for clothes

cast iron

6" high, without handle, eroded by the sea

The iron was found among rocks below the ruined fisherman's cottages at Stove, Sanday. So little was discarded when the cottages were inhabited that everything would have been thrown over the bank onto the shore. Among the seaweed there, are shards of broken crockery & remains of buckets, tools, cooking pots..

Lead Soldier and Silver Donkey

Lead Soldier & Silver Donkey

2" high

from Stromness Red Cross charity shop

Squeaking Pig

Squeaking Pig

plastic - no longer squeaks

6" across

from the sea

found at Doun Helzie, Sanday

Reading Book

Reading Book

Alexandra Primer 2

DOUGALL'S EDUCATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED

London and Edinburgh

red linen cover

Found on moorland above Stove at bonfire site

Costume Dolls

Costume Dolls

6.5" high

cloth

Spanish dancer and Greek ceremonial guard

from Salvation Army charity shop

Kirkwall

Sampler

Sampler

on linen

14" across

from Sanday Recycling Centre

The sampler was made by Isabella Irvine aged 17 1877. Isabella may have been a daughter of Irvine who was the tenant of Stove at this time when it was a thriving Model Farm. Most of the farm buildings were burnt out in the great fire of 1973 which could be seen from Mainland Orkney.

Bones museum

Bones Museum

some of bones

from Stove

This museum within a museum was created by children at Stove over several years. The bones were displayed in orderly arrays in a disused van, now disintegrated. All the bones were found around Stove bay and are now in storage awaiting rehousing somewhere new.

Tin Lid

Tin Lid

 biscuit tin lid

13" high

found at Stove

Bow

Bow

made by a young boy 2014

willow, white gesso, silver tape, fishing string

28" across

from Stove

maker - Ilya Priestman

Mother and Son

Mother and Son

fragment of disintegrated photograph

5" across

found on the back of an old picture frame on Sanday

Rabbit Head with Pink Silk

Cracked Rabbit Head

plastic and pink silk

7" high

from the sea

 pink silk added by Brendan Colvert

Child's Tucker

Child's Tucker

Edwardian

broderie anglaise

12" across

rescued from immolation

Found on the moorland above Stove in a sack of clothing which was lying at the edge of the site of a still smouldering bonfire. A neighbouring farmer had been having a clear out and burning trailer loads of old things there.