Planoconvex Float
one half, with rope grooves for binding the two together
curved back, 2ft long, heavy foam coated in fibreglass, yellow boat paint
from the sea
Monday, 24 August 2020
Fish Head
Fish Head
hake, 14" long, with half a spine
a deep sea member of the cod family phycidae
found on the shore at Loth, Sanday
from the sea
Portraits of a Boy wearing a Kilt
Portrait
sepia photograph, 9" high, indecipherable signature in pencil
found in the back of an old frame
from Sanday Recycling Centre
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Soroban
Soroban
Japanese Shopkeeper's abacus
early C20th, wood, brass rods , 13" long
biconal beads divided by a reckoning bar:
above the Heavenly, below the Five Earthly.
from a temple market in Osaka
The soroban has been in use for calculation for over 500 years in Japan, is still used by some and until recently was taught to school children.
Monday, 17 August 2020
Sugar Shaker
Sugar Shaker
early C20th, porcelain, lustre glaze, tarnished silver metal rim & top
6"high (with white feathers)
from Sanday Recycling Centre
One Pound Weight
One Pound Weight
Imperial Standard E R 255
3" across, brass, 1953-1971, avoir dupois system of weights & measures
from Rusness, Sanday
Barley
Barley
which turns many of the fertile fields around Stove golden-green in late Summer
Barley has been grown on the island of Sanday, evolving since Neolithic times.
Evidence of 'naked' and hulled six row barley has been discovered on several excavated Neolithic settlements dating as far back as 3,600 BC to 2,700 BC. These include Knap of Howar on Papa Westray, Pool and Tofts Ness on Sanday, Barnhouse in Stenness and in the Ha'Breck area of Wyre we found one of the largest assemblages of neolithic cereal in Scotland. The intensity of grain production is so unusual in one of the buildings there it leads us to suspect that it may have had an agricultural function as a granary. - Current Archaeology, No 268, June 2012
Child's Money Box
Child's money Box
Noah's Ark, silver plated, 5" high
from Sanday Recycling centre
A receptacle of childhood dreams and wishes - Rose Vickers
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
Boat Timbers
Boat Timbers
oak, copper nails, the longest 3ft.
from the wood pile of Angus Muir, North Tofts, Sanday
The notched ribs (frame grabs) were used to bind together the stepped planks on an Orkney Yole; a small clinker built boat, traditionally with dark red sails, features of which can be traced back to Viking boat construction.
Lacquer Tray
Lacquer Tray
papier- mache, garden scene painted with lacquer over gold leaf. 11" across
from Sanday Recycling Centre
probably Chinese export ware but similar objects were being produced in Europe at this time.
Girl seated on White Antelope
Staffordshire Figurine
C19th, flat-back, creamware, 7" high, broken off tree
from Sanday Recycling Centre
Staves
Staves
oak, slightly curved, the white ones 8.5" long
originally bound with metal hoops to form the walls of barrels
found in John Scott's workshop at Stove
Flowering Bushes
The Flowering Bushes of Stove
planted by Helen Scott
honeysuckle, orange-blossom, roses, fascia
from her garden
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Monday, 3 August 2020
Improvised Creel Marker
Improvised creel marker
bamboo, polystyrene, rope, string, 28" tall
made by fisherman to mark the location of lobster pots
from the sea
Orkney Map
Orkney Map
Bartholomew, 1960's, Great Britain sheet 61
from Sanday Recycling Centre
The map shows the Outer Isles of Orkney with Stove marked by a jewelled pin. The Vikings likened Sanday to a lobster stretching it's claws towards Norway with Stove clamped in it's tail.
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