Reed container

Description

Small tin with a hinged lid for Heath Brown Flake tobacco by the Scottish Co-operative Whole Sale Society, used to house bagpipe reeds, associated with Pipe Major Ronald Mackenzie, c. 1900

Museum reference

H.1995.788 M

Collection

Culture

Object name

Reed container

Production information

Scottish Co-operative Whole Sale Society, Manufacturer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1900

Materials

Tin

Physical description

Tin

Associations

Previous owner: Mackenzie, Ronald, 1900 (fl.)

References

Baines, Anthony. Bagpipes. Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973.