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Description: | An Exciseman's sword stick, in holly wood. Blade, fluted & single edged
"Exciseman's sword-stick (late 18th - early 19th cent)."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"Until 1823, when an Act of Parliament was passed allowing whisky distilling to take place legally in Scotland, all whisky was produced illegally in small stills in the Highlands and smuggled to the rest of Scotland. The difference in duty also resulted in smuggling from Scotland to England until 1855. Smugglers were admired by the people and were adept at moving large quantities of whisky overland for long distances, so that countermeasures had to be covert and were dangerous. This is a sword stick which was used by a Scottish excise man in the period between 1790 and 1810. The stick looks like an ordinary walking stick, and is made from holly wood with an iron point. The sword is hidden within. It has a steel, fluted and single-edged blade and the hilt is the handle of the stick."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Acquisition source: Ogilvie, George Mr | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1790-1810 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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