The Teacher's Scissors
steel, rust, the smallest 4" long
from a derelict Sanday Schoolroom
Thursday, 21 May 2020
Sauce Bottles
Sauce Bottles
European, plastic
from the sea
Frequently found in the early C21st, especially tomato ketchup; now rare.
Sheet of Tarred Felt
Sheet of Tarred Felt
15 x 20'
from the sea
One of several found scattered along the shore at Doun Helzie, possibly from a boat and used for patching cabin roof.
Pair of China Beakers
Pair of China Beakers
( with Whitebells of Stove )
4" high, worn gold lustre, transfer decorated
from Sanday Recycling Centre
The portraits are His Majesty Edward V11 & Her Majesty Queen Alexander and celebrate their rise to the throne in 1901.
Leather Belt
Leather belt
WW1 military brass badges and buttons, 40" long
the insignia attached with linen thread, small pieces of wire & copper rings
found in John Scott's workshop at Stove
Included are Bombay Staff Corps, South Africa 1900, Notts and Derby
Sunday, 17 May 2020
Thursday, 14 May 2020
Gas ring
Gas ring
iron, brass 12'
used for heating lead and pitch
found in John Scott's workshop at Stove
Objects from John Scott's Workbench
Objects from John Scott's Workbench
found in his workshop at Stove
Helen Scott writes in 1973 "The crofters and landholders all vied with one another in perfecting their crofts and cultivating their land. Nearly all the men could build and took pride in all they did.
The present generation Scutter through their Work with very little interest & a vast amount of wanton Destruction".
Saws
Two Saws
wood, steel, brass screws, the longer 34"
found in John Scottr's workshop in the stables at Stove
Japanese Silk Threads and Cords
Japanese Silk Threads and Cords
found in a small chest of drawers
from a temple market in Osaka
Tibetan Thangka
Tibetan Thangka
hand painted, finely woven canvas, 32" high
acquired by Sanday doctor on Himalayan expedition
from Sanday Recycling Centre
The 7 Chakras, beginning at the feet and ascending to above the head
to be here
to feel
to act
to love and be loved
to speak and hear truth
to see
to know
Paraffin Heater
Paraffin Heater
early C20th, brass, 9"across
used for night time warmth in greenhouse
from Salties farm, Sanday
Majolica Jug
Majolica Jug
C19th, press moulded, 8" high, 2 pint capacity
from Sanday Recycling Centre
Compartment Reservation
Compartment Reservation
hand typed paper, 1974
found in Fossils in Colour by J.F Kirkcaldy D.Sc.
Head of the Dpt. of Geology, Queen Mary College London
from Sanday Recycling Centre
BRITISH RAILWAYS RESERVED COMPARTMENT
No of seats 11 class 2nd Date 27/4/74 Colchester Royal Grammar School
Party joining at Aberystwyth 10.15 train to Wolverhampton
Saturday, 9 May 2020
Calligraphy Book
Calligraphy Book
stitched spine, printed paper, 13" across (open)
once belonging to a Japanese Monk
Warrior Costume
Warrior Costume
made by child: cardboard, tap, stitching, cloth
Low Fireside Chair
painted wood, 33" high
both from Stove
Brushes and Handle
Two Brushes
and the handle of a whitewash brush with lost bristles
early C20th, wood, steel, horsehair
found in John Scott's workshop at Stove
Monday, 4 May 2020
Sweet Cicely
Sweet Cicely
myrrhis errata
in wicker basket - from Recycling Centre
Originally planted by Helen Scott, Sweet Cicely grows at Stove in abundance. An infusion of the flowers and leaves is believed by herbalists to ease breathing difficulties and a preparation of the ground up root makes the elderly lively and high spirited.
Glue Bottle
Glue Bottle
C19th Aqua glass, 3' high, sheared lip
found under the sand in Stove Bay
by Nuno Priestman, aged 4, digging very deep hole
5887 cast into the base
Pebbles of Egilsay
Pebbles of Egilsay
collected along the North Shore
during two years living on the island
Egilsay is a small Orkney island, four miles in length where the stones are particularly colourful.
Hardwood Sieve
Hardwood Sieve
holes cut at a slant
from the heart of a threshing mill
C19th, 21" across
from Rusness, Sanday
Although some still exist in the outbuildings of Sanday, by the end of the C19th small mills like the one that this came from were made redundant by the arrival of the steam driven travelling mill.
Helen Scott writes about this in her childhood memories.
" The travelling mill was driven by John Moat from one farm to another and small crofts got what crop they held thrashed at the various stops. Mr Moat was a big, strong, jolly man much liked wherever he went. Having been brought up at the farm of Stove he knew everybody ".
Friday, 1 May 2020
Hessian Flap
Hessian Flap, from Threshing Mill
18" across
Inside the thrashing mill there are a series of these flaps, made from canvas or hessian
that hang down at intervals like curtains
from Rusness, Sanday
During the Swing Riots of 1830 thrashing mills were smashed and destroyed as they were leading to the loss of much needed work by families of farm workers. 500 of the participants were transported to Australia, others hung.
Conveyor Belt
Part of the Conveyor Belt from a Threshing Mill
C19th, tin, steel, leather; the canvas belt 3" wide
from Rusness, Sanday
The Threshing mill was invented in 1786 by Scottish engineer Andrew Meikle. The mill replaced intensive work usually done by women: threshing, shaking and winnowing to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Cockle Shells
Cockle Shell
the two halves 3" across
from Stove Bay
" From Heclabir we went to the old house of Stove, finely situated at the head of a sandy bay. the whole of this bay is one continued cockle bed; it is no uncommon thing to see some dozens of the half famished inhabitants digging the cockles at ebb tide, This, at best is but a miserable fare".
Patrick Niel - A tour through some of the islands of Orkney 1804
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