Lowland bagpipe

Description

Set of ‘Lowland’ bellows pipes, ebony, ivory-mounted, with three drones in a common stock, the chanter is a replacement and the drones have a distinctive shape and ‘lotus’ tops, possibly made by Hugh Robertson, Edinburgh, late 18th or early 19th century.

Museum reference

A.1947.100

Collection

Culture

Object name

Lowland bagpipe

Production information

Robertson, Hugh, 1790 (fl.), Manufacturer of drones
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

Late 18th - early 19th century

Materials

Ivory, Leather, Velvet, Ebony

Associations

Collector: Fraser, Alexander Duncan, Dr, 1849 - 1920

References

Baines, Anthony, Bagpipes. Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973.