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Lot 75

A Scottish Dress Dirk
By Meyer & Mortimer, Edinburgh, Circa 1860

17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Scottish Dress Dirk
By Meyer & Mortimer, Edinburgh, Circa 1860

With bright tapering blade fullered and notched along the back-edge and double-edged towards the point, etched over most of its length on one side with maker's details and the figure of St. Andrew between thistles and foliage, and on the other with a highland trophy of arms, the figure of a highlander in contemporary costume and a flowering urn, ebonised baluster grip carved with basket weave, silver basal mount chased with thistles, and silver pommel-cap en suite and set with a foiled piece of faceted glass, in original wood-lined black patent leather scabbard with border engraved silver mounts variously applied with thistles, an owner's crest, and a lancer on horseback on the locket, the extra pieces en suite with the dirk; together with an all-steel stiletto in Italian mid-17th century style, with sharply tapering blade of stiff triangular section with moulded ricasso and incised with a numbered scale along one side, hilt comprising turned and faceted quillons engraved 'C*T' on one side, and baluster grip en suite (2)
The first 34 cm. blade

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Provenance
The Dr. T.J. Mortimer Collection

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