Lot 141
TWO MAUCHLINE WARE PENWORK SNUFF BOXES
19TH CENTURY
Scottish Applied Arts & Wemyss
Auction: 12 August 2015 at 12:00 BST
Description
the first of curved form, the cover decorated with a scene from Burns' 'The Twa Dugs' and inscribed 'Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash', 8.8cm long; the second with an all-over diaper pattern, the cover centred by a gilt metal mount engraved 'G.P. from H. P.' and a rococo scroll gilt thumbpiece, the interior stamped 'CUMNOCK', 7.5cm long (2)
Footnote
Provenance: The Alex Wilson Collection of Mauchline Ware
Note: Cumnock, during the early part of the 19th century, became a main location in which the manufacture of Mauchline ware snuff boxes grew into significant production. By the 1820s there were at least a dozen different makers in the town, with nineteen total makers recorded during the 19th century.