Very interesting Pipers Tunic just had to share

[macmac]

This is the tunic for James Campbell , The third Piper to Queen Victoria
With the Balmoral Highlander buttons and Piper J Campbell name tag. i also have two more plain Balmoral Highlanders Tunic's
the only down side are all tunic's missing buttons.

[figheadair]

I saw these posted on FB. Very interesting. A couple of questions if I may

• How/where did you acquire them?
• I presume that you don't have the rest of the uniform?
• Are the buttons stamped on the rear? The Balmoral Highlanders buttons were made by Firmin & Sons of London.

[macmac]

I saw these posted on FB. Very interesting. A couple of questions if I may

• How/where did you acquire them?
• I presume that you don't have the rest of the uniform?
• Are the buttons stamped on the rear? The Balmoral Highlanders buttons were made by Firmin & Sons of London.

Hi acquired from an antique shop in Aberdeenshire , miss out on the rest ( Gutted )

Some Balmoral buttons are silver i think done by a local silversmith , some of mine have no markings some are by Jennens & co London . i have no doubt the buttons are correct , Some photos of the bits i missed

[OC Richard]

I would just call it a "doublet".

The date 1909 fits. There was a fad in Highland Dress (not specifically pipers, but men's Highland Dress in general) in the late 19th and early 20th century for doublets having that trim, called "lace" in British military terminology and "braid" in American.

Yes laced doublets appeared much earlier (there are a couple in The Highlanders of Scotland) but by around 1900 they had become very popular.

Here's a non-piper wearing a very similar doublet, with the same "shawl collar".



Nearly all the doublets in The Scottish Tartans have lace trim. Note some have a shawl collar, some a notched collar.



Here's more about that book, evidently published prior to 1910.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-1961-a-96685/

[figheadair]

Hi acquired from an antique shop in Aberdeenshire , miss out on the rest ( Gutted )

Some Balmoral buttons are silver i think done by a local silversmith , some of mine have no markings some are by Jennens & co London . i have no doubt the buttons are correct , Some photos of the bits i missed

I don't think that any of the buttons were silver. There was 34 uniforms made in 1903 in which the silverwork was done by Robb of Ballater. There is at least one surviving earlier outfit with silverwork done by Kirkwood that is superior and which Robb used as a guide.

[Rab1]

Hi acquired from an antique shop in Aberdeenshire , miss out on the rest ( Gutted )

Some Balmoral buttons are silver i think done by a local silversmith , some of mine have no markings some are by Jennens & co London . i have no doubt the buttons are correct , Some photos of the bits i missed

I’m sure I’ve got that crossbelt in the third picture somewhere