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000-100-003-078-C
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White cockade

A cockade is a rosette or knot of ribbon worn on the hat as a badge. This cockade of white cambric roses was worn by Robert Strange in 1745 as a sign of allegiance to the Stewart family. Cockades became the official badge of the Jacobite forces.

Cambric is a very fine thin linen, named after Cambrai, a city in northern France.

Local tradition says that when the prince's army rested at Fassfern on Locheilside after raising the standard, the prince picked a flower from the small white rose there and put it in his bonnet.


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Online ID: 000-100-003-078-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.NT 241.21 B
Date: 1745
1745
Around 1745
Material: Cambric, white
Cambric, white
Dimensions: 92 mm Dia
92 mm Dia
What: Rose, cambric
Rose, cambric
Subject:
Who: Westlake Trotter Collection
Westlake Trotter Collection
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Description: One of a group of items from the Westlake Trotter Collection - a white cambric rose or cockade
One of a group of items from the Westlake Trotter Collection - a white cambric rose or cockade
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