拍品 623
623
A Victorian Scottish silver-gilt mounted Sheriff's tipstaff
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A Victorian Scottish silver-gilt mounted Sheriff's tipstaff

MARK OF MARSHALL & SONS, EDINBURGH, 1849

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A Victorian Scottish silver-gilt mounted Sheriff's tipstaff
Mark of Marshall & Sons, Edinburgh, 1849
The plain hardwood baton with silver-gilt mounts at top, centre and base, the top formed as a royal crown on ermine cushion and with an inscription between foliate borders, the centre mount engraved with an inscription between borders of thistles, the base chased with an elaborate border of thistles on a matted ground above a foliate scroll lower border, the base engraved with a foliate monogram, in a lined and fitted wooden case, marked on central and lower mounts
15¾in. (40cm.) long
The inscriptions read, 'Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Occupied Holyrood Palace Thursday 29th August 1850.' and 'John Thomson Gordon Sheriff of Mid-Lothian 1848.'
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The sheriff, a name deriving from shire-reeve, was originally a high ranking official appointed as representative of the royal authority within a shire or county. Formerly principally a law enforcement position, with its officiants, often hereditary, frequently drawn from the legal professions, the functions of the post over time became largely ceremonial. After significent reforms in the late 19th century the current function in Scotland is now that of a judge in the Sheriff Court responsible for both civil and criminal cases.