STOLEN TREASURES FROM KINLOCH CASTLE
Items that have “disappeared” .... ... ...
(Photographs and text by George W. Randall, co-founder and former
(Photographs and text by George W. Randall, co-founder and former
Vice-Chairman Kinloch Castle Friends' Association.)
NEWS - 15 October 2023:
S T O L E N
The painting of SS Rhouma which was in the
castle dining room was stolen on July 15th. ... ...
Police Scotland have put out a Facebook post about it.
The current care of Kinloch Castle and its contents by tax-payer funded NatureScot
is a national disgrace!
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STOLEN MIRROR
A Moorish style hardwood and mother of pearl framed mirror the surmount of scrolling form with star and crescent. Two finials arched framework surrounding a plate mirror. Approx. 60 x 90 cms.
A number of items within Kinloch Castle have “disappeared” over
the years,
this magnificent mirror being the largest, heaviest and most recent.
It was located in the passageway off the Great Hall opposite the Imhof and Mukle Orchestrion its loss remains a mystery.
this magnificent mirror being the largest, heaviest and most recent.
It was located in the passageway off the Great Hall opposite the Imhof and Mukle Orchestrion its loss remains a mystery.
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STOLEN BUDDHA FIGURINE
An ebonised wood
and teak Zushi Shrine (Travelling Shrine) with double
concertina action doors
which open to reveal a central Buddha seated on a
lotus base under a peony
decorated red roofed temple. The lower drawer panels painted in gold hiramkie
of birds and flowers.
From the Meiji
period, i.e. the reign of Japanese Emperor Mutsumito 1867 – 1912.
Dimensions: 57 x
132 cms. (24 x 55 inches).
Sometime between
2008 and 2009 the Buddha was wrenched from its base and stolen.
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| Photographed in 2009. Note two lower drawers missing. |
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| Photographed 2002. Inner doors closed. |
ABOVE: The
Buddha, photographed in October 2008, was stolen in early 2009.
S T O L E N
BOER WAR (1899-1901) BRASS SHELL CASE
Displayed on the
mantelpiece in the Smoking Room the bullet case disappeared twenty plus years
ago. It was described in the 1992 Inventory of Contents as a “Brass Shell Case.”
In the 1996 Inventory a later added hand written note records it as being “stolen.
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| Photographed by the author March 1998 |
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| From Page 9 Phillips Inventory and Valuation Report June 1996. Hand written note added at later date. |
In addition many books have disappeared from the library.
These have been identified by the author by comparing photographic
These have been identified by the author by comparing photographic
book by book research with the Library Book Inventory.
Regrettably my research highlighted numerous books now missing from those listed in the 1978 Inventory, particularly military works, for example all
1889-1896 editions of Brigade of Guards Magazine
and a single volume of
A History of the Coldstream Guards.
Individual losses within sets spoil complete works, such as volumes 69 and 70 missing of Baily's Magazine.
Although the 1978 Inventory itself records missing volumes, a particularly valuable
loss being the "Kinloch Library List 1904."
ONE OF THE MISSING BOOKS.
Frequently stolen for their illustrations which are ripped out and sold separately on the internet.
Destroyed by water from bathroom two floors above!!
The contents of the library and the castle
as a whole reflect the Era they represent,
they are a valuable educational resource
they are a valuable educational resource
in their own right.
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If you can throw light on the disappearance
of any of the above items,
of any of the above items,
and / or help recover them,
contact the police.
contact the police.
SAVE KINLOCH CASTLE
WITH ITS CONTENTS IN-SITU.
before it is too late!
CAN YOU HELP?
UPDATED 23 OCTOBER 2023
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