A VICTORIAN PIPING PRIZE PRESENTATION DIRK
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
the baluster handle carved with basket weave decoration and applied studs, with simple pin top pommel, the leather covered scabbard with shaped mounts the lower three engraved with displayed thistles within border, the upper mount with presentation inscription ‘Presented by the Northern Meeting Duncan McDougall for best performance of Strathspeys & Marches in the Great Highland Bagpipes Sept 1871', set with en suite bi-knife and fork
Dimensions
30cm (blade), 46.5cm (overall)
Provenance
Duncan McDougall
By Direct family descent
The Scottish Sale Part II, Bonhams 29th – 30th August 2012, lot 505
Private Collection