Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 30th October 2012

Lot 953

A pair of Scottish provincial silver clan badges

Estimate £80 - £100 | Hammer £110

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Description

A pair of Scottish provincial silver clan badges, Mackintosh and MacGregor, by William Buchanan Taylor, Inverness, circa 1910, one with a rampant cat and motto ' TOUCH NOT THE CAT BOT A GLOVE', the other with a crowned lion's head and motto ' "S" RIOGHAL MO DHREAM', both with presentation inscriptions to reverse, diameter 2.8cm, approx. weight 0.5oz. (2)