Reed container

Description

Flat Will's Whiffs cigarette tin by W.D. and H.O. Wills, containing five Highland bagpipe drone reeds, one of a collection of bagpipe making tools from the workshop of Robert Thomson, bagpipe maker, Leicester, 1930s - 1950s

Museum reference

K.2002.1322

Collection

Culture

Object name

Reed container

Production information

W.D. and H.O. Wills, Manufacturer of tin

Date

1930s - 1950s

Materials

Tin plate, Paint

Physical description

Tin-plate, paint

Associations

Previous owner: Thomson, Robert, 1930 - 1959 (fl.)
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, Northern Europe

References

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

Campbell, Jeannie, Highland Bagpipe Makers. Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001.