Lot 134
A LARGE BURR-WOOD AND PENWORK SNUFF MULL
19TH CENTURY
Scottish Applied Arts & Wemyss
Auction: 12 August 2015 at 12:00 BST
£750
Description
with a hinged cover decorated with two reserved scenes on a foliate ground, the first depicting a scene from 'Willie Peck brewed a peck o maut' and titled 'It is the moon I ken her horn' ; the other depicting Tam O'Shanter mounting his horse Meg and titled 'the Hour approaches Tam maud ride'; together with a SMALL BURR-WOOD AND PENWORK SNUFF MULL, the wood hinged cover depicting a man standing astride a pair of horses and holding reins for three further horses, 8cm long, 6.8cm wide (2)
Dimensions
16.5cm long, 5cm high, 12cm wide
Footnote
Provenance: The Alex Wilson Collection of Mauchline Ware