SNUFF MULL
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The horn is sizeable and tightly curled at the end. The horn cover has a projection for a thumbpiece and a cork inside to make it tight. The silver rim of the hinge is engraved in script. The hinge on the cover is composed of two openwork C-scrolls. In the center of the cover is a round silver medallion which is engraved with a tree trunk and two branches with leaves and a motto.
- Object name:
- SNUFF MULL
- Made from:
- Horn -- silver -- cork
- Made in:
- SCOTLAND
- Date made:
- ca. 1800
- Size:
- 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.81
- Class:
- HORN
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; COAT OF ARMS rim of hinge: Major Lunden's horn; on medallion: Reviresco over an insignia
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973