£280
Scottish Civil Court Dress and Sword of Lord Blackburn. A good attributed example. Comprising: fine quality quilted silk lined Coatee of dark blue velvet with one row of six bright cut steel buttons, quilted silk lining to the interior part shot and complete with lace cuffs ... Waistcoat of cream silk (Complete with buttons) ... Breeches of blue velvet Complete with cut steel buckles .... Cocked Hat of black material with black silk rosette and five cut steel chains. The interior with quilted black cotton lining, this bearing tailor label ... Black stockings ... Shoes of black patent leather, fitted with a pair of cut steel buckles ... Black cloth and velvet sword frog ... Court Sword, the blade with etched decoration, the hilt with gilt shell guard, single bar guard and the solid gilt grip is surmounted by an urn pommel. Housed in original black leather and gilt mounted scabbard. Complete with bullion sword knot. GC gilt dulled.... All housed in a metal storage tin, this has been repainted but retains original brass name plaque of The Hon Lord Blackburn. The inside lid with the tailor details of J. Stewart & Son Edinburgh. Good clean condition. Near VGC Lord Colin Blackburn a Scottish Judge In 1876 he was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and a life peer. He died in 1896.
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