Fine Scottish silver and citrine mounted dress dirk, the 11"...

Estimate

£700 - £1,000

Fine Scottish silver and citrine mounted dress dirk, the 11" blade with worked back, the hardwood handle with carved Celtic knot and thistle finial mounted with a facet cut Citrine, in a Celtic motif engraved silver mounted leather wrapped scabbard containing the en suite companion knife and fork of the same design, maker Thomas Kerr Ebbutt, Edinburgh 1909, 19" long overall

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spring catches to the knife and fork still function positively and securely, the handles and blades/fork good and secure with no movement, elsewhere the shape is good with no dinks or bruising to thge silver mounts, some wear and abrasions to leather, wooden handles fine with no notable damages oif losses, the blades tarnished somewhat, the stone sets are citrine coloured but cannot totally confirm,