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HENRY TATTON & SON [EDINBURGH] (1868-1953)

Model Davy lamp

1957-58

Silver, steel, leather, suede, velvet | 1793.9 g (Weight) (whole object) | RCIN 50014

This silver model of a miner’s Davy lamp was presented to The Queen in 1958 on the opening of the Rothes Colliery in Fife. Her Majesty made her first descent into a working coal mine as part of the visit.

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