New outfit?
Hello peeps! Hope you're all well? I won't bore you with the tedious work crap that's been taking up all my time of late, instead have a look at this rather fabulous yooniform that I had to restrain myself from buying when it came up for auction in Glasgow this weekend.
The catalogue entry describes it as follows:
A Victorian mess uniform, John Dick Peddie MP with jacket and trousers with gold braid and buttons, including gilt mounted engraved blade dress sword marked LD Phillips & Co., George St. Hanover Square London. Property from a Stirlingshire Country House. Estimate: 200-400.
I could be wrong, but I think the John Dick Peddie it belonged to is actually more famous for being an architect rather than an MP, in which case I'm surprised it wasn't valued more highly. I know it's a bit later than the period I'm interested in but I still reckon it would have made a fabulous addition to my wardrobe, doncha think? :)
The catalogue entry describes it as follows:
A Victorian mess uniform, John Dick Peddie MP with jacket and trousers with gold braid and buttons, including gilt mounted engraved blade dress sword marked LD Phillips & Co., George St. Hanover Square London. Property from a Stirlingshire Country House. Estimate: 200-400.
I could be wrong, but I think the John Dick Peddie it belonged to is actually more famous for being an architect rather than an MP, in which case I'm surprised it wasn't valued more highly. I know it's a bit later than the period I'm interested in but I still reckon it would have made a fabulous addition to my wardrobe, doncha think? :)