The Ramsay holster

Edinburgh citizens needed to watch out, not only for creditors, but for footpads, highwaymen — and Jacobites. So, it made sense to keep a pistol handy in a saddle holster when travelling  between Edinburgh and Whitehill! This fine holster is embroidered with the family crest: a unicorn’s head couped Argent armed Or, with the motto SEMPER VICTOR above. Generally such holsters wore out quite quickly, but this one has been preserved in very good condition. It asserts the Ramsays’ links with a glorious feudal past, and establishes them as members of the landowning class.