A FINE SGIAN DUBH
THOMAS K EBUTT, EDINBURGH 1937
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
the ebony handle carved with five different Celtic knotwork bands, claw set to pommel with oval cut citrine, the leather covered wooden scabbard with fine applied upper and lower mounts both engraved with Celtic knotwork and joined by a pierced and engraved knotwork band
Dimensions
19cm long (overall)
Footnote
For a similar example by Hamilton & Inches (who took over T K Ebutts workshop) with an ivory handle in the collection of National Museum Scotland see The Sgian Dubh, a collection by Malcom Ferris – Lay, page 22