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View full screenSet of decoratively carved two-drone Highland bagpipes with a common stock, with Celtic ornamentation and initials 'R. McD' over a Highland galley, and date 'MCCCCIX' on the drone stock, attributed to Robert Glen, late 19th - early 20th century
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Glen, Robert, 1835 - 1911, Manufacturer
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe
Late 19th - early 20th century
J. and R. Glen
Ross, Andrew, Sr, 1947 - 1977 (fl.)
Bryan, J.F., A Note on the 'Glen 1409' Pipes. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Vol. 103, 1970 - 1971, pp. 240 - 241.
North, C.N. MacIntyre, Book of the Club of True Highlanders, Vol. II. London, 1881.
Drummond, James, Ancient Scottish Weapons. Edinburgh: 1881.
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Flat oblong stone, notched on the sides and pierced with two holes, used as a charm for curing disease in Islay
One of four large amber beads used as a charm against blindness by the Macdonalds of Glencoe
One of four large amber beads used as a charm against blindness by the Macdonalds of Glencoe
One of four large amber beads used as a charm against blindness by the Macdonalds of Glencoe
One of four large amber beads used as a charm against blindness by the Macdonalds of Glencoe
Written charm to cure toothache bought from a professional witch at Kishorn, Lochcarron, and worn round the neck by a shepherd
Written charm to cure toothache given by the wife of a gamekeeper at Garve, Ross-shire, to a domestic servant in Dingwall in 1869
Perforated stone charm which was hung in a cow byre as protection against bewitchment, from Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire
Charm made from a natural concretion which had been hung at the foot of the bed to ward off evil dreams, from Galloway
Charm made from a seed of Ipomoea Tuberosa, mounted for suspension, and engraved with cognisance and the motto of Macneil of Barra
Rock crystal ball with a silver frame and chain, the charmstone of the Stewarts of Ardsheal, 16th - 17th century