United Kingdom. A Fine Set of Scots Guards Epaulettes, by Marshall & Aitken, Edinburgh

Large, decorative stiff-framed epaulettes, the uppers in very fine silvered copper wire forming a series of rectangles in a chequered pattern, each rectangle created by ten strands of wire, with two strands separating each of the rectangles and overlapping the adjoining rectangle, with a very smooth finish overall. The outer edge is trimmed in a single raised row of angled silver-coloured rolled wire on the edges of the protruding spine, flanked by a row of silvered rolled wire on either side. There is a single silver button on the spine at the wearer's neck end, the button bearing a King's crown framed by an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves and secured in place via its integral screwpost. 

The large raised portion of the neck is trimmed in multiple rows of silvered wire in various textures, the wide oval cap incorporating a raised silver crescent-shaped rim that is trimmed in two rows of silvered beaded wire on both sides. The rim frames the regimental insignia place in the centre which illustrates a thistle and wreath, the insignia in rolled gold-coloured bullion wire, in various textures, with the leaves detailed in fine strands of gold-coloured rolled wire and interlaced with gold-coloured sequins, the flower of the thistle represented with green embroidery fronted by a rows of rolled gold-coloured wire, linked by gold-colored threading, the head of the thistle in silvered wire in various textures and interlaced with white embroidery. 

There are two rows of tightly-wound silvered copper wire fringe suspended at the end, the outer rows with twenty-four large coils, the inner row with twenty-three coils, both rows secured by a dual strand of rolled silver-coloured wire. The rows are backed by a raised collar in white embroidery, itself backed by a series of pillowed padding in red cloth, the underside of the oval cap in red cloth and heavily padded. The underside of the neck is in red leather, maker marked in silver-coloured ink "MARSHALL & AITKEN / 12. SOUTH ST. ANDREW ST. / Edinburgh.", with small and large polished silver clips (passants) allowing the epaulettes to be fastened to the shoulders of the uniform tunic, the large clips bearing the directional inscriptions "LEFT" and "RIGHT" accordingly. 

Each of the epaulettes measures 70 mm in width on the spine, 148 mm in width on the oval cap, 200 mm in length from the neck end to the shoulder end, the outer row of large coils and the inner row of small coils measuring approximately 75 mm and 60 mm in length, respectively. Both epaulettes exhibit minor imperfections in the coils on the fringe and on their insignia, with light wear evident in the red leather and red cloth on the underside from active use, both epaulettes also free of mothing. Together, near extremely fine.