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Lot 3091

A silver-mounted Victorian officer's dirk for the Argyllshire Highlanders
by Parfitt, Roberts & Parfitt
-Select US Arms Type-

10 June 2013, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$5,616 inc. premium

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A silver-mounted Victorian officer's dirk for the Argyllshire Highlanders
by Parfitt, Roberts & Parfitt

Straight 11 3/4 inch spear point blade with scalloped spine and etched on one side with thistles and leafage framing VR cipher and crown with St. Andrew's cross above the Regimental numeral and maker's signature Parfitt,/Roberts/& Parfitt/Jermyn St./London. Reverse with thistles and ribands inscribed with battle honors from Peninsula to Roleia. Silver-mounted hilt, the ferrule embossed Argyleshire/Highlanders; grip set with silver nails; pommel of simple form and set with foil-backed stone. Black leather scabbard with silver mounts embossed with thistles and regimental devices and retaining the original knife and fork.
Condition: Excellent, blade with some minor spotting, mounts with light marks, reverse of scabbard tip with one dent to back.
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Footnotes

Note: The dirk is circa 1860 and has unsupported provenance to James Thomas Rogers: Ensign, 4th May, 1860; liutenant, 3rd May, 1864; service in India; Captain, 19th August, 1873; service in the Zulu War of 1879; present at the Battle f Ginginhlovo; invalided home shortly after; later adjutant of the Renfrew Militia; retired 1881.

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