Gardemeles Museum: July 2022

Saturday, 2 July 2022

Samara

ripening sycamore keys

from Helen Scott's woodland at Stove

Supposedly the sycamore's samara is symmetrically composed of 2 wings but in this cluster there are almost as many with 3 and one that has 5

a mystery

Broken Cooking Pots

C19th, cast iron

found in the ground at Templehall, Sanday

Plaster Figurines

Pair of Figurines

painted plaster, 4" high

from Rusness, Sanday

Sheet of Pins

stainless steel, paper

from Sanday Recycling Centre

Perforated Copper Disc

2" across with very slight rim

from the sea

Perhaps the lid for some kind of shaker, but cover for drainage hole and top of VIM container have been suggested.

Stacked Cups

fused together by corrosion

stainless steel with blue string round one handle

from the sea

Whelk Egg case

Whelk Egg Case

also known as a Sea Wash Ball & Egg-Cloud

used in the past by fishermen as a sponge

from the sea

Bed's Head

rusty wrought iron, 40" high

found in the undergrowth at Stove

Wild Pink-Bells

Wild Pink-bells

from under the trees in Helen Scott's woodland garden

Horse's Head Collar

C19th, leather, straw, cotton, brass, 32" high

found in the stables at Stove

Arriving at Stove 1999, the stables at the back of the house were very dilapidated but hacking through the nettles it was possible to pull away the ivy and prise open the doors of the buildings. One had been used by John Scott as a workshop with an old painted cart propped in the corner. Next to it a larger cobbled space still contained the stalls for 3 large working horses with head collars hanging from steel hooks nailed to the upright beams. This one housed a dusty blackbird's nest. Heavy work horses would not have been used at Stove since the Model Farm fell empty during World War One.