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One of 3 wine glasses of smoked glass with vine leave and grape etched design around the bowl of the glass.  Stem constructed of 4rings with raised bosses on the fourth ring.

ID: 2025.003.2
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One of 3 smoked glass wine glasses with etched vine leaves and grape design round bowl of glass.  Stem constructed of 4 rings of glass wth bosses on the fourth ring.  Salvaged from SMS Hindenburg a

ID: 2025.003.3
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Shell from a Green turtle found in Stenness at Loch below Lochside on 27 January 1980 by Martin Gray.  

Identified by Professor Brongersma, University of Leiden

ID: 2025.004
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Cast of a trout from Clumley Loch made by Harry Berry.  Fish caught by W B Blydenstein, midsummer (21 June) trout caught in 1978.Cast of Trout mounted on a black framed board with fly in bottom rig

ID: 2025.005

Print by artist Christine Fitzgerald of Arctic Skua birds eggs collected by Dr John Rae June 1854 at Naujuut (formerly known as Repulse Bay).  

ID: 2025.006

Harpoon cannon or gun from Whaling ship 'Wildfire' of Dundee.  This object was taken back to Orkney by 

ID: 2025.007

Sedge Warbler Nest (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus )

ID: 2025.008

Car Cigarette holder or box.  Wooden cigarette box made in the shape of a car with roll back roof and bonnet to store a pack of woodbine cigarettes and cigartte papers.  Made by an Italian Prisoner

ID: 22024.024

Brass and wood scientific instrument for measuring angles with an arc of 45 degrees. Used by Dr John Rae in the Artic.

ID: 2222
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Bicker, of wood; with two projecting handles. Orkney.
ID: A001