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Lot 102*
A Silver-Mounted Highland Dress Dirk, And A Silver Mounted Sgian DubhThe First By Taylor, Inverness, Edinburgh Silver Hallmarks For 1922 And Maker's Mark, The Second By The Same
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,250 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Silver-Mounted Highland Dress Dirk, And A Silver Mounted Sgian Dubh
The First By Taylor, Inverness, Edinburgh Silver Hallmarks For 1922 And Maker's Mark, The Second By The Same
The First By Taylor, Inverness, Edinburgh Silver Hallmarks For 1922 And Maker's Mark, The Second By The Same
The first with tapering blade double-edged towards the point and fullered along the notched back edge on each side, ebonised baluster hilt carved in relief with basketweave, silver basal mount cast and chased with a thistle on the outer side, and flat silver pommel domed at its centre, cast and chased with thistles on the outer side, and with spherical button, in its original silver-mounted scabbard covered in black leather, the extra pieces en suite with the dirk; the second almost en suite, and complete with scabbard, the handle (cracked) studded with silver nails (2)
23 cm. and 11 cm.
23 cm. and 11 cm.
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Provenance
The Estate of John M. Kauffmann, Maine, U.S.A.








