Dirk / scabbard

Description

Highland dirk with a brass-mounted wooden hilt carved with Celtic interlaced ornament, with scabbard, from Ballindalloch Castle, 1750 - 1775

Museum reference

H.LC 69

Collection

Weapons and Accessories

Object name

Dirk / scabbard

Date

1750 - 1775

Materials

Wood, Brass

Physical description

Wood hilt; brass mounted

Associations

Ballindalloch Castle, Banffshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Celts (10 Mar 2016 - 25 Sep 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Celts: Art and Identity (24 Sep 2015 - 31 Jan 2016)
  British Museum