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Description
Period: 1889.
Dimensions: 100mm long
Weight: 53g / 1.7 troy oz.
Condition: Wear commensurate with age and use. Dinged and a little mis-shapen.
Marks: Bears the makers mark JV and full London hallmarks.
Notes: The presentation engraving reads:
FROM THE LAIRD OF HILLHOUSE
TO
HIS "BEST MAN"
ALVIN COOTE CORRY
4 XII 89
The Laird is almost certainly Robert Mure McKerrell was Laird of the Hillhouse estate at this time and married in 1889.
Alvin Coote Corry was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy, and would have been a Commander at this time.
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