Item Ref
NOV97
This is a wonderful snuff mull* with a decorative silver mount. The ram's horn body with a plain unmarked silver neck. The hinged lid decorated with an engraved silver thistle.
*Snuff mull comes from a Scottish dialect word for "mill", where the snuff would have been ground to a powder, mulls came in a variety of shapes, the most common being fashioned from a ram's horn.
Hallmarks:
Unmarked as it was very often the case with snuff mulls but tested and guaranteed silver.
Dimensions:
Length: 8.5cm / 3 inches.
Lid diameter: 4cm / 1.4 inches.
Condition:
Body in excellent shiny condition.
Silver hinge and decorations in excellent condition.
Minor hairline crack to the lid, commensurate with age.
Postage UK: £8 Special Delivery Next day.
Postage overseas: from £12 International Signed For.
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£350
| $466 USD | €397 EUR