Lot 564
81ST HIGHLAND REGIMENT OF FOOT - A POWDER HORN
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 14 August 2019 at 11:00 BST
£750
Description
the polished cow horn point with metal knop finial, the base with engraved Regimental badge and number for the 81st Regiment, integrated loops with cord
Dimensions
23cm long
Footnote
Note: Raised between 1777-1783, the 81st Highland Regmient of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army.
The regiment raised by General the Hon. William Gordon of Fyvie. Under the nose of his nephew Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, the raising of the regiment caused several family disputes.
It was disbanded after service in Ireland and Britain when it refused to sail to the West Indies in March 1783.