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SNUFF MULL

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

The horn is light on the large end and dark on the end where it is curled. The cover has a reeded silver hinge set with a smooth rock crystal. The crystal is polished and clear on the front and not so on the back. The crystal contains earth form the Castle of Glen Finan in the Argyle Mountains.

Object name:
SNUFF MULL
Made from:
Horn -- silver -- crystal -- earth
Made in:
SCOTLAND
Date made:
1790-1810
Size:
7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
36.108
Class:
HORN
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973