A late-Victorian Scottish Regimental silver table cigar lighter

A late-Victorian Scottish Regimental silver table cigar lighter, Highland Light Infantry,

possibly by J. Reid, Glasgow 1899,

weighted sphere form, the front applied with the regimental base, height 5.5cm.

The Regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 71st and the 74th Highlanders. It was deployed to Ceylon in 1899. In 1948 it was amalgamated with the 1st Battalion.