Die for striking Principal Keeper's collar badge.  image

SLM.2019.201

Die for striking Principal Keeper's collar badge. , 1912

Uniform

Badge die

Telescope from Fair Isle South image

SLM.2019.45

Telescope from Fair Isle South, 1892

Telescope

Postcard featuring Muckle Flugga image

SLM.2019.230.20

Postcard featuring Muckle Flugga, 1927

Postcards

Postcard

Sealed beam lamp array from Bressay Lighthouse image

SLM.2019.27

Sealed beam lamp array from Bressay Lighthouse, circa 1980

Lamps

Lamp

Part of a prism from Flannan Isle image

SLM.1997.9316

Part of a prism from Flannan Isle, 1899

Lens

Prism

Principal Lightkeeper's cap badge image

SLM.2009.32.2

Principal Lightkeeper's cap badge, circa 1950

Uniform

Cap Badge

Fog Cannon from North Carr Lightvessel image

SLM.2013.2.1

Fog Cannon from North Carr Lightvessel, 1887

Fog Signals

Fog Cannon

Button Sampler for No. 1 Uniform button image

SLM.2005.11323.1

Button Sampler for No. 1 Uniform button, 19th century

Uniform

Button Sampler

Lion head decoration for lantern astragal image

SLM.2009.93.2

Lion head decoration for lantern astragal, circa 1850

Engineering

Breakfast Teacup image

SLM.2019.100

Breakfast Teacup, 19th century

Crockery

Teacup

Inkwell from Bell Rock Lighthouse image

Inkwell from Bell Rock Lighthouse, 1910

Inkwell

Cupola from Pharos (VIII) image

SLM.2013.1

Cupola from Pharos (VIII), 1955

Decoration/Furniture

Bullseye lens part from Buchan Ness Lighthouse image

SLM.2016.154.1

Bullseye lens part from Buchan Ness Lighthouse, 1910

Lens

Lens

Third Order Dioptric Lens from Helliar Holm Lighthouse image

SLM.2016.297.1-11

Third Order Dioptric Lens from Helliar Holm Lighthouse, 1893

Lens

Lens

Clockwork mechanism for foghorn, Ardnamurchan Lighthouse. image

SLM.2016.518.1

Clockwork mechanism for foghorn, Ardnamurchan Lighthouse., c.1900

Mechanism

Clockwork Mechanism

85mm Incandescent Paraffin Lamp image

SLM.1996.69

85mm Incandescent Paraffin Lamp, c.1907

Lamp

Incandescent Lamp

Robert Stevenson's Account of the Building of the Bell Rock Lighthouse. image

SLM.2005.11391

Robert Stevenson's Account of the Building of the Bell Rock Lighthouse., 1824

Book

Book

Clockwork mechanism for lens rotation. image

SLM.1996.5

Clockwork mechanism for lens rotation., 1882

Mechanism

Clockwork Mechanism

Lightroom Clock from Eilean Glass Lighthouse image

SLM.1996.5

Lightroom Clock from Eilean Glass Lighthouse, c.1850

Clock

Lightroom Clock

Mechanical Lamp designed by Alan Stevenson. image

c.1848

Mechanical Lamp designed by Alan Stevenson., c.1848

Lamp

Mechanical Lamp

Parabolic Reflector with facetted mirror; designed by Thomas Smith image

SLM.1996.78

Parabolic Reflector with facetted mirror; designed by Thomas Smith, 1787

Reflector/Lamp

Parabolic Reflector

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