Lot 131
CURLING INTEREST - A BURR-WOOD AND PENWORK SNUFF MULL
19TH CENTURY
Scottish Applied Arts & Wemyss
Auction: 12 August 2015 at 12:00 BST
£1,750
Description
the hinged lid with ovoid smooth burr-wood body, painted with a curling club crest bearing the motto LABOR IPSE VOLUPTAS (Labour itself is a pleasure), with curling related instruments and a curling scene, also inscribed with a verse from "The music of the year is hushed" by Dr Duncan of Ruthwell and bearing initials H.G./ 1838
Dimensions
13cm across
Footnote
Note: The Music of the Year is Hushed' by the Rev. Henry Duncan of Ruthwell, was a popular curling song, sung to the air Killiecrankie, and first appearing in Memorabilia Curliana Mabenensia in 1830.