Lot 128
A MAUCHLINE WARE SNUFF BOX
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day One | Wednesday 19 August from 10am | Lots 1 - 198
Description
decorated in penwork with interior scene inscribed AULD ROBIN GRAY, and transferred with the music and lyrics to a Scot's Ballad written by the Poet Lady Anne Lindsay in 1772, the box stamped RUSSELL/ GLASGOW, 8cm wide; together with another EARLY 19TH CENTURY SNUFFBOX, with penwork scene to lid inscribed DUNDRENNAN ABBEY, and a coastal scene to the base inscribed KIRKCUDBRIGHT, stamped to interior CRAWFORD/ CUMNOCK, 8cm wide (2)