Gardemeles Museum: November 2022

Counting Jigsaw

painted plywood, the eight missing

from Sanday Recycling Centre

Detachable Heads

Japanese ceremonial Hina dolls, prince and musician

mid C20th, 2" high, porcelain, silk, nylon, wooden pegs

from Osaka, Japan

Umbrellas

advertiser's printing block

mid C20th, 3" across, metal plate attached to a hardwood block

found in a disused ironmonger's store, Kirkwall, Mainland Orkney

Painted Nails

Painted nails

a few among many used steel nails

saved by John Scott in his workshop at Stove

Snow Berries

Snowberries

also called Ghostberries or Waxberries

from a hedge planted by Helen Scott round her back Garden

Hooked Stick

handmade tool, 13" long

made from a notched stick and steel hook bound with thick string

found in a shed at Stove

Bag of Bones

Nylon netting bait bag

from the sea

Flat-iron

early C20th, corroded, rusty and missing its handle

from the sea shore

Dried Starfish

rarity on Sanday

found on a cliff path near Loth

possibly dropped by a sea bird

Miscellaneous Metal

from John Scott's workbench

at Stove

Seal on Rocks

Seal lying on Rocks

by Helen Scott

signed drawing in biro and coloured pencil on scrap of paper

found in a drawer at Stove

Autumn Flowers

old and new

from around the place at Stove

Cat hole

Cat Hole

or Hawsehole

once attached to the rope hawser of a ship

corroded steel, traces of rope, 14" long

found on Kirkwall Harbour from the sea

Sole

Small Sole

once attached to a child's boot or shoe

6" long, early C20th, leather, copper nail heads

from the sea

Gannet Feathers

Gannet's Feathers

upper wing coverts, 6" long

found on the shore of Stove Bay

Summer 2022 has seen very many gannets die from Avian Flu on Sanday. These large and magnificent white seabirds, with a wingspan of up to 2 metres, migrate to the Orkney Isles to breed.

Tin Plates

1950's, enamel, 10" across

from Sanday Recycling Centre

Portland Ware, made in England by The Metal Box Company Limited. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh

Tools

rusty steel, the spanner 14" long

found in a disused shoreline dump. Sanday

Needlecase

mid C20th, machine and hand stitched folding strip

with inner pocket for a very small thimble

from Sanday Recycling Centre

Foam Float

Fishing Float

rare cracked black foam, 9" across

found in the undergrowth at Stove

Handleless jug

Handleless Jug

3" high, lustre rim, transfer decoration, Czechoslovakia made

found in the Scott's kitchen at Stove

Doll's Pram

mid C20th, plastic, rusty steel, 16" across

found in the sheds at Stove

Child's Stencils

plywood farm animals, some broken and down on

from Sanday Recycling Centre

Floor Covering

\scrapo of early linoleum, early C20th, with lily pattern

from Backaskaill, Sanday

Hairslide

2" across with cut glass jewels

found amongst a button collection

from Sanday Recycling Centre

Copper Frame

5" high, unknown engine part

with plastic honeycomb from inner layers of boat

from the sea

Bait Bag

Bait bag

8" long, nylon net and string with leather closing device

from the sea

Birch Bark Scrolls

Scrolls of Silver Birch Bark

probably brought to Sanday on North Sea currents from Scandinavia

occasionally found on the shore

London Bus

7" long, painted steel, rubber tyres, 1970's

found in a sack of disintegrated tins, fish paste jars and household debris, half buried in the ruins at Stove.

Wooden Nave

the central hub for cartwheel with chiselled mortices to take the spokes

C19th, elm and iron, 9" high

found at Stove

Saturday, 19 November 2022