| Description | Inventory and appraising by William Johnston and Peter Reid of plenshings of Crathes Castle, lodging at Aberdeen and Invercannie at the time of the death of Sir Robert burnett, 1760. Account by Sir Thomas Burnett to William Smith, merchant in Aberdeen, martinmas 1712, for postage, groceries, etc.
The inventory of furniture at Crathes lists the contents of room by room. It includes the 4 large pictures of the Marischall family in the great hall, an orgal valued by Mr Tate at 6 guineas, and a bed with blue hangings in the 'the Nine Nobles'.
A book of maps in Mr Sangster's closet, 6 frames and 6 glasses for hotbeds in the salmon house, in the closet at the end of the gallery 'a gambo with all broke', an old chair with slate nails, 4 guns, 2 pistols, 4 swords, in the clock house a large clock and an old cannon valued by Hugh Gordon at 12 guineas and 6d.
Glass and china (white and blue and white) includes a covenanter's glass at 1s, sundries include 2 statues (5s), a gold watch valued by Hugh Gordon at £8, an emerald at £2. 5s. The total is £420 sterling. |