SCOTTISH DIRK.

A rare Scottish Clan dirk, which measures 43cm overall with a 29cm blade. The blade is in the classic dirk style, some dark toning to the blade, no corrosion, no abusing or sharpening of any sort, a perfect fit into its scabbard. Silver fittings but not hallmarked, so impossible to date but we would estimate between 1870 and 1890. The dirk belonged to a clan member of the Clan Wedderburn, the dark is in very nice condition having a stag’s head grip with twin Cairngorm stones, the upper main pommel stone surrounded with beautifully decorated silver oval ring, the remainder of the dirk having typical Scottish heavily chiselled thistle decoration to all of the scabbard mounts including the upper caps of the knife and fork situated within their apertures of the scabbard. Each cap of the knife and fork having the eagle’s head of the clan engraved, to the upper scabbard mount is the identical engraving of the eagle’s head with the clan motto above ‘NON DEGENER’. The leather is excellent to the scabbard, maker marked ‘AGW’ on the reverse side of both of the mounts. To the upper scabbard mount on the reverse side is a leather belt loop. There is no damage anywhere to the dirk, the slight toning to the blade as previously described. A superb item. Clan Wedderburn can trace its origins back to 1296, the chiefship of the clan is now held within the family of Scrymgeour-Wedderburns, the Earls of Dundee, the family home is Blackness House, a mansion in Dundee.

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