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Maritime
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Tin Fiddle
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| Made by James Scarth Foubister, Deerness, after his own was smashed at sea. |
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Painting
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| Oil painting of the Mission ship Harmony. The Moravian Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel established a mission in Labrador in 1769. Their ships called at Stromness each summer en route from London to Labrador and many Orcadians served as crew members. |
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Brass ornament
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| A pair of winged brass trumpeters. The original decorative fittings from Hoy Low Lighthouse, Graemsay. 10.25 inches. |
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Dinner plate
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| Northern Lighthouse Board dinner plate with NLB emblem at centre; from Hoy Low lighthouse, Graemsay. |
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Oil painting
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| Oil painting of ship Roslin Castle in a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, October 1876. Commissioned by Captain Robert 'Jock' Sutherland, master of the ship. |
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Lighthouse lens |
| The original catadioptric lighthouse lens from Hoy Low lighthouse in Graemsay. 1851. |
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Chronometer
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| The chronometer from Sule Skerry lighthouse |
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Naval cutlass
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| A naval cutlass with brass ornamental hilt and steel blade. It belonged to George Stewart of Massater who sailed as a midshipman on the HMS Bounty expedition of 1787. |
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Oil painting
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| An oil painting of the attempted rescue of the Stromness fishing boat MFV Desire by the Longhope Lifeboat T.G.B. off Hoy. 27th May 1963. It was painted by Harry Berry. |
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Chamber pot
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| White ceramic (Ironstone) chamber pot, or chanty, with the emblem of the North of Scotland Orkney and Shetland Shipping Company Ltd. |
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Oil painting
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An oil painting by Stromness artist Ian MacInnes showing Norwegian whalers in Stromness Harbour.
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Plaque
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| Blue plaque. Inscription on the outer rim Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses 1786. On the ribbon above the lighthouse is the Latin inscription IN SALUTEM OMNIUM (for the safety of all). |
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Commemorative bowl
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| A porcelain bowl inscribed Capt. A Rousey The Isabella of Stromness. Captain Rousay commisioned two punchbowls in Denmark to celebrate his trading vessels Isabella and Annie. Diameter 280mm, height 80 mm. |
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Book
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| Book by Daniel Defoe, c1726. An Account of the Conduct and Proceedings of the late John Gow alias Smith, Captain of the late Pirates, Executed for Murther and Piracy Committed on board the George Gally, aftewards call'd the Revenge; with A Relation of all the horrid Murthers they committed in cold Blood; as also of their being taken at the Islands of Orkney, and sent up Prisoners to London. |
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Telescope
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| Brass, leatherbound telescope engraved ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION 1867. It was used on the first Stromness Lifeboat Saltaire. It is in a wooden case with a hinged lid. |
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Scrimshaw
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| This piece of scrimshaw is worked on the tooth of a sperm whale. On one side it shows a whale rising from the sea and knocking men out of their small boats, and a harpoon is flying. On the other side a fully rigged sailing ship is passing a polar bear on a piece of floating ice. Scrimshaw is made by carving into the tooth and rubbing a mixture of chalk and ink into the lines. It was done as a pastime by many seafaring men. |
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Water colour painting
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| Watercolour of the trading schooner Maggie of Stromness, owned by J A Shearer and Son. |
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Ship's bell
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| A ship's bell inscribed SS St Ola 1892 Aberdeen. |
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Helmsman's Traverse board
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| The helmsman could peg his run on any direction of the wind every half hour to record his position. Length 13 inches, width 9 inches, depth 4 inches. |
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