Lot 135
A LARGE BURR-WOOD AND PAINTED SNUFF MULL
19TH CENTURY
Scottish Applied Arts & Wemyss
Auction: 12 August 2015 at 12:00 BST
£875
Description
the double hinged cover painted with a view of the Burns Monument and Brig O'Doon, inscribed 'Thomas Boswell * 1823'; and an interior inn scene with four men drinking; the inside cover mounted with a white metal medallion inscribed 'Rare old / Mauchline / Snuff box / Burns Scenes'
Dimensions
21cm long, 13cm high, 18cm wide,
Footnote
Provenance: The Alex Wilson Collection of Mauchline Ware