Lot 139

A SCOTTISH BURR-WOOD AND PENWORK SNUFF MULL
19TH CENTURY

Scottish Applied Arts & Wemyss
Auction: 12 August 2015 at 12:00 BST
£938
Description
the hinged cover decorated with a scene from Tam O'Shanter depicting Nannie Dee dancing while Old Nick plays the pipe, and bearing the inscription 'As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd and curious/ the mirth and fun grew fast and furious' against a field of thistles
Dimensions
10cm long, 5cm high, 7.5cm wide
Footnote
Provenance: The Alex Wilson Collection of Mauchline Ware
