Lot 605 :
Sold for £250 hammer
Estimate £200-£300
An early 20th Century Scottish hallmarked silver kilt or cloak brooch modelled after the Ballochyle brooch, of octagonal shaped outline and centred by a facet cut circular citrine, rasied claw mount within beaded border, the mount engraved 'De Serve and Haif the Hevin Babaif', and bordered by panels engraved with the letters 'MC' and the Campbell arms, Edinburgh 1906, makers mark G.P. Notes: The original brooch is now in the collection of the Royal Museums of Scotland. Previously it was the property of the MacIver-Campbells of Ballochyle who regarded it as an important talisman against witchcraft and disease. It was made circa 1550.
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