Antique 1920's R G Lawrie Brogue Thistle Shoe Buckles
Antique 1920's R G Lawrie Brogue Thistle Shoe Buckles
Antique 1920's R G Lawrie Brogue Thistle Shoe Buckles
Circa 1920’s in nickel silver - white metal as worn on the front of Highland brogue shoes of Highland gentlemen. Original leather inserts.
Size. Approx 50 mm x 60 mm
R G Lawrie started business in John Street in 1881 as a manufacturer of bowling green bowls. In 1879 R.G. Lawrie was listed as a wood and ivory turner. In the 1890-1891 directory Lawrie was listed as an 'Ivory Turner Employer'. In the 1890's RG Lawrie had made a set of bagpipes for Queen Victoria's son, the Prince of Wales.
It was not until 1900 that he would appear as a bagpipe maker. In 1881 when the army introduced pipe bands, the company began to make kilts, sporrans, feather bonnets and dirks. Arthur Lawrie recalled that during the First World War, RG Lawrie produced 150 kilts, 25 side drums and 150 bugles a week.
R G Lawrie later moved to 38 Renfield Street premises as R G Lawrie, manufacturers of bowls, bagpipes and kilts. Their main workshop by this time was at North Wallace St, Glasgow. The shop later moved to 110 Buchanan Street.
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Scottish Highland Dress Silver Wear – We have selected a fine range of gentleman’s Highland jewellery to complete your outfit. We offer you a wonderful range of sterling silver kilt pins, hand crafted silver sgian dubhs, bespoke sporrans, kilt belt buckles and silver buttons from the classic to the contemporary, all handcrafted in fine sterling silver. We offer a wide range of silver clan badges and crests that can be added to many of the designs. We also offer the option of having personalised engraving on many of the items, making them family heirlooms and treasured antiques of the future.
All handcrafted in Scotland with Edinburgh hallmarks from the workshops of Hamilton & Inch and our Highland Regimental silversmith.
We have a passion for fine antique and collectible sgian dubh’s and Highland dirks. We source antique Jacobite styles of the 18th century, high Victorian styles and regimental patterns of WW1 – WW2. Our sgian dubh and dirk range make wonderful addition to any Highland dress collection.
Our range of fine hallmarked sterling silver skean dubh’s made by the Highland regimental silversmith and Royal silversmiths Hamilton & Inches in Edinburgh, Scotland. We can engrave many of these skean dubhs for presentation gifts.
Vintage antique Sgian Dubhs – Scottish sgian skean dubhs from Scotland – The Gaelic sgian dubh meaning “black knife”, where “black” may refer to the usual colour of the handle of the knife. It is also suggested that “black” means secret, or hidden, as in the word blackmail. This is based on the stories and theories surrounding the knife’s origin and the meaning of “Dubh” in Gaelic, in particular those associated with the Highland custom of depositing weapons at the entrance to a house prior to entering as a guest. Despite this practice, a small twin edged-dagger, (‘Mattucashlass’), concealed under the armpit, combined with a smaller knife, (‘Sgian dubh’).