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

ID: 2025.003.1
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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

Leather bound telescope which belonged to Pirate John Gow.  Aquired byJames Fea of Eday on the capture of Pirate Gow after his ship grounded on the Calf of Eday.

ID: 2025.009

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