probably 1930s

Piper's souvenir handkerchief

Piper's souvenir handkerchief, probably dating from the 1930s, of synthetic silk overprinted on one side with a border of thistles, vignettes in the four corners of sets of Highland bagpipes and a series of twenty miniature portraits based on contemporary photographs of leading pipers including in the centre 'Pipe Major John MacDonald MBE / Inverness / Hon. Piper to H M the King'.

Pipe Major John MacDonald (1865 - 1953) was regarded as one of the greatest players of piobaireachd of his age. He came from a noted piping family and was taught piobaireachd by Malcolm Macpherson of Catlodge, Badenoch. He won the Gold Medals at Inverness in 1890 and at Oban in 1897 and for a period of about 20 years won all the major piping prizes. He was made MBE in 1935.

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Online ID:	000-000-579-709-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0869: The Bagpipe Collection Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.LT 117
Date:	1930s (probable date of manufacture)
Material:	Synthetic silk
Dimensions:	440 mm x 420 mm
What:	Handkerchief
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Who:	Pipe Major John MacDonald (depicted) The Museum of Piping, Glasgow (place of display)
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Description:	Piper's souvenir handkerchief of synthetic silk overprinted on one side.
References:	MacNeill, S. and F. Richardson,. Piobaireachd and its Interpretation: Classical Music of the Highland Bagpipe. Edinburgh: John Donald, 1987. Find in NLS: Title, Author, Title+Author or British Library: Title, Author, Title+Author
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