Sword stick, associated with John Graham, Viscount Dundee

A sword stick is a walking stick that contains a slender sword. This example is said to have been used by John Graham, Viscount Dundee.

The hide-covered sword stick has a brass tip and a brass eyelet hole in the handle.

The first Jacobite rising was led by John Graham, Viscount Dundee, after James VII had fled London in 1688. Dundee's Jacobite army eventually fought government troops at Killiecrankie in Perthshire in 1689. The Jacobites won but Dundee was killed.

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Online ID:	000-100-102-946-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland Q.L.1982.1 A
Date:	17th - 18th century 17th/18th century
Material:	Hide covered; brass tip and eyelet
Dimensions:	850 mm L x 25 mm Dia
What:	Stick, sword
Subject:
Who:	Graham of Morphie John Graham of Claverhouse
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Description:	Hide covered sword-stick with a brass tip, said to have been used by John Graham of Claverhouse, 17th - 18th century
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