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Lot 88*

A Scottish Silver-Mounted Dress Dirk
Edinburgh Silver Hallmarks For 1897, Maker's Mark JR, A Pellet Between

25 November 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Scottish Silver-Mounted Dress Dirk
Edinburgh Silver Hallmarks For 1897, Maker's Mark JR, A Pellet Between

With tapering blade double-edged towards the point and with notched spine, shouldered flattened wooden hilt swelling at the grip and carved in relief with characteristic Celtic interlace, the silver basal mount set with three faceted imitation cairngorms, the pommel with reeded slightly domed silver cap retained by a prominent nut of quatrefoil section, in its original silver mounted leather-covered scabbard, the mounts engraved en suite with the hilt, the locket inscribed 'J.K. 1899'
17 cm. blade

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Provenance
The Estate of John M. Kauffmann, Maine, U.S.A.

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