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A Scottish Regimental Dirk Of The Argyll & Sutherland HighlandersBy S.J. Pillin, 31 Gerrard St., London W, Early 20th Century
20 April 2011, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,440 inc. premium
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By S.J. Pillin, 31 Gerrard St., London W, Early 20th Century
By S.J. Pillin, 31 Gerrard St., London W, Early 20th Century
With fullered single-edged blade notched along the back edge over half its length and brightly etched against a dull grey ground along one side with maker's details, royal arms and motto, thistles, regimental crest and motto, and crowned 'VR' cypher, and along the other with thistles, crowned monogram and further regimental crest and motto, baluster rootwood grip with silver-plated mounts and carved with basketweave set with silvered studs, and pommel carved with leaves and set with a foiled piece of faceted glass in imitation of a cairngorm, in original wood-lined scabbard covered in black patent leather (crazed) with locket, chape and mounts for the by-knife and fork with pairs of entwined sea monsters, the locket with crowned monogram, the mounts each with crest and motto, the by-knife and fork en suite with the dirk
28.5 cm. blade
28.5 cm. blade
Footnotes
For more information regarding this maker see Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords ..., 2001, p. 197








