A VICTORIAN WALNUT SNUFF BOX
19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
of rounded rectangular outline, the hinged lid set with a shield, engraved to the reverse: ‘RONALD MACKENZIE 78TH HIGHLANDERS MUNLOCHY 1860’
Dimensions
10cm x 6cm
Footnote
Ronald MacKenzie (1842)
As the nephew of John Ban Mackenzie, it is no surprise that Ronald MacKenzie was a piper of considerable skill. He won the Gold Medal for former winners at the Northern Meeting in 1863 and 1875 and the ‘Prize Pipe’ in 1873.