A VICTORIAN GORDON HIGHLANDERS OFFICER'S DIRK
R & H B KIRKWOOD, EDINBURGH 1889
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
of conventional form, the black wooden baluster handle with basket weave decoration and foil-backed crystal in open oak leaf gallery mount, the leather-covered wooden scabbard with displayed thistles and regimental badge, set with bi-knife and fork, the reverse of mount engraved 'F.R.I', the spear point blade with a scalloped back edge; together with a regimental sgian dhu by Mair & Mortimer (of London), Edinburgh 1923 of typical form, the upper mount engraved ‘F.R.I.’ from J.A.B Nov 1986 (2)
Dimensions
44cm long (overall), 20.5cm (overall)