Collection of Wooden stakes

Wooden stakes

roughly carved to a point with holes made for attaching a tie

a variety of wood, string, copper wire, each one approx. 7" long

found hanging in a shed at Stove

possibly used for staking a net on the bay to catch flat fish which it is said was a popular pursuit among young boys in the past at Stove

 

Rose Float

Rose Float

fishing float painted with enamel by Helen Scott

found at Stove

 

Odd Shoes

Odd Shoes

same size but different decades

the  older one on the right using small copper nails to attach the sole

found in a shed at Stove

probably the shoes, about size 6, belonged to Helen Scott

 

Cracked Plate

Cracked Earthenware Plate

JAPAN SERIES, made by Anchor Pottery, Stoke on Trent

early C20th, transfer decoration with applied over fired cobalt that has started to run

from Boloquoy farm, Sanday

 

Bambi

Bambi

plastic Babysham promotional bambi, 7.5" tall, 1960's

from Sanday Recycling Centre

 

 

Pressed Vole pelt in Greek bible

Pressed Vole Pelt in Greek Bible

 found amongst a pile of abandoned books in a shed on Rousay

 

Lesser Celandine

Lesser celandine

ficaria verna

Celtic name Grian meaning sun

 

from Helen Scott's garden 

springing up in damp corners of the garden opening their petals between the storms

 

Buckle

Buckle

1.5" across

dug from the ground at Stove

 

Shoe Lasts

Family of Shoe Lasts

cast iron, C19th, the largest for a 10" foot

found at Stove

used as a former for making or repairing boots and shoes

the word LAST from Old English LEAST meaning footprint

 

Dactyls

Dactyls

3-4" long, washed ashore , sun bleached 

found on the North shore of Egilsay

 

the moving finger and thickest part of a crabs front claw, used for walking on

 

Metal Buoy

Metal Buoy

rusty steel, 9 " high, early C20th

from the sea

 

Pocketful of Pebbles

A Pocketful of Swedish Pebbles

from the Baltic Sea

 

Broken Fairy

Broken Fairy

hollow plastic, 4" high

found on the shore at Kettletoft

 

Rabbit Collage

Rabbit Collage

8"high, made by Jean Darby in 1976

using a variety of leaves and one pussywillow

from white elephant stall, Sanday school fair

 

Sheep Shears

Sheep Shears

early C19th, rusty steel, 12" long

found in the eaves of a byre at Hyndover, Sanday

 

Blank Brass Tags

Blank Brass tags

1.5" long

found in John Scott's workshop at Stove

purpose unknown but possibly for labelling livestock

 

Pressed Flowers

Pressed Flowers

from the Summer at Stove

found in diary book

 

Cat Skull

Cat Skull

found in an outbuilding at Stove

yellow saucer from Sanday Recycling Centre

 

Pink Seaweed

Bright pink Seaweed

possibly beech-weed

8"high

from the sea

occasional fronds among the mounds of seaweed brought into Stove Bay by Winter gales

 

Love

LOVE

plastic, 16" long, fragment of Lovell's Estate agent sign;

nearest branch Edinburgh

from the sea

 

Cleaning Solutions

Cleaning solutions

plastic bottles, C20th

collected around the Millennium on Doun Helzie beach, Sanday

 

Moustache Cup

Moustache Cup

C19th, porcelain with lustre decoration

from Boloquoy Farmhouse, Sanday

a present from Kirkwall

 

Handkerchiefs

Handkerchiefs

lawn, lace, embroidery,5"across, iron and neatly folded

from Sandy Recycling Centre

 

Plant Climber

Planet Climber

galvanised steel wire, 15" high

from Bu, Sanday

 

Swallow's Nest

Swallows nest

lined with the softest of feathers

found in a shed at Stove

Removed from a beam last Winter while mending a roof. Every year flocks of swallows gather at Stove for a few days before setting off on their migration to Africa.

 

Key

Key

rusty steel, 5" long, to unknown door

found buried in a shed at Stove

 

Warning Sign

Warning Sign

9" across, circa 1950's

found buried in a shed at Stove

KOLTEC electric Fence, Curtis Padwick and Company Limited

 

Packet of Lures

Packet of Lures

nylon, plastic, 3" long

from the Fishing tackle (and art supplies) Shop in Kirkwall

which no longer exists

 

Moppet Duster Glove

Moppet Duster Glove

unused, made in China

from Sanday Recycling Centre

Dust Away Those Drab Days!

 

Golden Plover Feathers

Golden Plover Feathers

lost during an encounter with a cat

from Crudy, Sanday

the bird escaped and flew away

 

Puppet

Puppet

MUFFIN THE MULE

painted cast iron, 1950's, 6"high

from Burrian, Sanday

Introducing Muffin JUNIOR A small muffin for you to work yourself modelled on your favourite Television star. "MOKO" made in England.

 

Earthenware Jar

Earthenware Jar

10" high, red clay, heavy body, no marking on base

with transfer decoration

possibly used for storage of tobacco

from Sanday Recycling Centre