RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 23rd March
ANTIQUE 19thC VICTORIAN RAMS HORN & SILVER PLATED TABLE SNUFF MULL c.1880
£2,495.00
Antique 19th Century Victorian large table snuff mull. The name "mull" is dialect for "mill" and some snuff mulls featured devices for smashing snuff, this typical scottish design from the 1880's has been fashioned from a rams horn and decorated with silver plated mounts.
The finial is a decorative showjumping horse and surrounding the body and rim of the mounts, a foliate decorative border. Snuff mulls are often unmarked.
Reference Number: D11107