Pewter communion plate, with FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, GARVALD 1843 engraved in cross-hatch lettering round the flat rim, by Robert Whyte of Edinburgh

Communion plate from Keig Parish Church, Aberdeenshire, with maker's touch and "GR", probably for George Ross, Aberdeen, 1671

One of a pair of front and back plates, with brass studs

One of a pair of front and back plates, with brass studs

One of a pair of front and back plates, with brass studs

One of a pair of front and back plates, with brass studs

Steel front plate

One of a pair of front and back plates of iron

One of a pair of front and back plates of iron

One of two breast plates and back pieces, about 1640 - 1660

One of two breast plates and back pieces, about 1640 - 1660

Piece of plate armour decorated with star-shaped studs, from a brigandine or armoured jacket, found at Coldingham Priory in Berwickshire, 15th or 16th century

Piece of plate armour decorated with star-shaped studs, from a brigandine or armoured jacket, found at Coldingham Priory in Berwickshire, 15th or 16th century

Oval copper plate with a portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stewart in oils, 17th or 18th century

Amber glass plate, press moulded with 'THE QUEENS JUBILEE', '1837' AND '1887', by George Davidson and Co., Gateshead, 1887

Glazed earthenware plate with a scrolled rim, showing on a creamy white background a naval engagement and the words "SUCCESS TO THE CROW-ISLE", possibly made at Hull, late 18th or early 19th century