TWO MAUCHLINE WARE PENWORK SNUFF BOXES
19TH CENTURY
£550
Scottish Applied Arts & Wemyss
Auction: 12 August 2015 at 12:00 BST
Description
the cover of the first decorated with a scene from 'Willie Brew'd a Peck o' Maut' with three men drinking at a table, the interior stamped INGRAM & Co CUMNOCK, 8.8cm long; the other with a cover centred by an oval armorial of the Clan Fleming and motto 'Deed Shaw' against a field of thistles, the interior stamped 'CRAWFORD CUMNOCK', 7.6cm long (2)
Footnote
Provenance: The Alex Wilson Collection of Mauchline Ware
Note: 'Crawford' is a name much associated with Mauchline ware, and there were both a George and William Crawford recorded as working in Cumnock. William Crawford originally worked in Auchinleck, and he is famed to have discovered the hidden hinge which is long associated with the clever design of Mauchline ware boxes. After a partnership with a local watchmaker, Mr Wylie, Crawford moved to Cumnock in 1819 and set up his own successful business producing snuff boxes.