The Harbourmaster"s Garden Gate

The Harbourmaster"s Garden Gate

48" high, oak, pine, iron hinges

from Harbour House, Kettletoft

painted many colours over the years; green, red, sky blue, primrose yellow, buttercup yellow, dark blue

 

Calf Feeder

Calf Feeder

1950's, aluminium, 10" high

Little Mothers, Stratford on Avon, Patent / Reg. Design

from Pool, Sanday

with last year's cardoon flowers

 

Child's Sailing Boat

Child's Sailing Boat

10" high, Giggi, painted wood, nylon, plastic

from Sanday School fair

 

Snooker Balls

Snooker Balls

from Sanday Recycling Centre

 

Beach Grasses

Beach Grass Stems

2ft. high

from along the sea wall at Stove

 

Seaweed

Seaweed

from the sea

Washed ashore during the storms at the end of every winter  and coming  from the seaweed forests that grow in the deep water between Sanday and Stronsay to the south.

 

Teapot Spout

Teapot Spout

3.5", aluminium

from the sea

 

Asian Dish

Asian Dish

enamelled and engraved brass, 8" across

from Sanday Recycling Centre

with everyday shells from the North Shore of Egilsay

 

Cow Parsley Stems

Cow Parsley Stems

2 ft. tall, still withstanding the winter gales

from along the seashore at Stove

 

Fragment of Fish Crate

Fragment of Fish Crate

plastic, 6" across

from the sea

 

Hanging Plant Holder

Hanging Plant Holder

crushed

steel, plastic coated wire 5.5" across

found on a road in Portsmouth, England

& kindly donated by Torin Glock

 

Small Thread Collection

Small Thread Collection

for embroidery

from Sanday Recycling Centre

Carefully wound on cardboard, mostly numbered and labelled in handwritten ink - petunia, blue, pink, peach, mauve, rust.

 

Metal ox

Japanese Charm

for the Year of the Metal Ox

the golden ox 1/2" long with silk cord and bell

sent from Osaka, Japan

The Year of the Ox denotes hard work, positivity and honesty. According to Chinese astrologer Jupiter Lai  the ox is gentle, grounded, loyal and trustworthy.

 

Quilt

Quilt

pieces of cloth sewn over two wool blankets

found at Stove on Helen Scott's bed

After World War 1 the farm at Stove shut down, the house became empty and Helen Scott went to work at a tailor's shop on the island making men's suits, learning to use a sewing machine and acquiring one of her own. She returned to Stove in the 1920's, by then married to John, when the house was bought by the Ministry of Agriculture, split in half and given to returning servicemen to live in and work as crofts. John qualified for this having had spent WW1 in the Navy. The Scott's lived at Stove as crofters for the rest of their lives.