SNUFF MULL

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

The is large and has a light color on the bigger end and a dark color where it curls back on itself. The hinge is plain silver. On the silver cover, which is not lined with cork, is a silver statuette of an eagle with outspread wings. The eagle was cast and engraved afterwards.

Object name:

SNUFF MULL

Made from:

Horn -- silver

Made in:

England

Date made:

19th c.

Size:

14 cm (5 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

36.69

Class:

HORN

Signature marks:

MARK on cover: lion rampant; king's head to the right; SH

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973