Balloon Base
8" high, plastic spool, nylon thread, remains of rubber balloon
from the sea
Sunday, 10 October 2021
Unknown Object
Unknown Object
aluminium, 8" high
from the sea
the shaft that the head is attached to has two screw holes
Fragments of Rope
Fragments of Rope
flattened by tractors
found on farm track by Stove Bay
blown there from the sea
Model Lobster Pot
Model Lobster Pot
unfinished, 9" across
wood, steel wire, fishing line and net, cut slate weight in the base
from Woodhouse, Sanday
Flow Blue Plate
Flow Blue Plate
10.5" across, scalloped edge, late C19th
from Woodhouse, Sanday
titled: Japan Flowers on base
the makers mark illegible
the decoration transfer printed flow blue with on glaze hand painted enamel
Large Clay Marble
Clay Marble
3/4" across, probably salt glazed, C19th
dug from the ground in the garden at Stove
Plastic Bouquet
Plastic Bouquet
bound plastic flowers, mid C20th
found at Stove in Helen Scott's bedroom
Claw and Arm Carapace
Claw and arm Carapace
13" long, shed by a lobster during the annual most
from the sea
the length of the claw suggests that it's owner was around 30 years old
Telephone Connector
Telephone Connector
mid C20th, !0" across, lead, copper, rubber, steel
from telephone hut, Stove Bay
The disused Sanday telephone exchange is a small concrete hut on Spurness, on the Western side of Stove Bay. Now it is used by animals for occasional shelter in winter.
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