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Stromness history
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Paper bag
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| White paper bag, or 'shop poke' from James M. Moar's Farmers' Supply Stores in Stromness. |
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Rugby cap
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| This blue with silver braid rugby cap has an embroidered thistle and the date 1877. It was awarded to Henry Halcro Johnston 1856-1939. The first Scottish Rugby Union cap - for playing against England and Ireland in 1877. |
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Newspaper
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| Issue 12 of The Stromness News, dated 16 May 1884. It was published by William Leslie and printed by W R Rendall. |
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Photograph
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| Hand-tinted photograph of Barbara Baikie of Bea as New Industry. An advertisement photograph for a company called Thornley Binders which produced smokeless fuel made from seaweed. Stromness 1923. |
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Stencil
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| A copper stencil used for marking herring barrels. Slaters brand. Matfull. Stronsay |
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Rocking chair
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| Rocking chair formerly owned by George Mackay Brown, the author and poet who spent most of his life in Stromness. |
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Orkney chair
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| This traditionally built strawbacked chair has unusual carved heart shaped finials on the top uprights. The straw back is also deeper and wider than usual. Height 1115mm, width 635mm, depth 490mm. |
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Wooden armchair
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| This wooden armchair has a shaped ornamental headboard, carved legs and arms. Height 1015mm, width 480mm, depth 535mm. |
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Medal
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| Bronze metal commemorating the Great Exhibition held at Crystal Palace in 1851. It was won by Mrs J Rendall of Stromness for her straw plait work. |
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Watercolour painting
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| Stromness from the Brae of Clouster. |
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Cubby
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| A small cubby made from heather. Height 10cm, Diameter 10 cm. |
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Straw plait
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Some examples of straw plait. In the 19th century hundreds of Orkney women were employed in making straw plait for the manufacture of bonnets. Examples were sent to the Great Exhibition in 1851.
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Cog
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| Two horned ale cog (drinking vessel), made of sectors of wood, bound around with willow. Cogs are still used today at Orkney weddings to toast the bride and groom. Diameter 10" Height 7" |
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Clock |
| Lantern clock made by Humphrey Mylles, clockmaker, Edinburgh. It belonged to the Stewarts of Massater. |
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Gravity beads
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| A box containing 12 gravity beads as used by distillers (some of whom were illicit) in testing their product. |
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Cubby
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| A small straw-work cubby. Diameter 6 inches. |
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Pin
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| A pin made of bone and carved with a representation of a human face found at the Bay of Skaill. |
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