Lot 450
A RARE NOVELTY COW HORN SNUFF MULL
UNMARKED
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 14 August 2019 at 11:00 BST
Description
the polished cow horn body with carved elephant head terminal, with bone in set eyes and tusks, the silver collar engraved '1822 From James Watt to Robert Inglis Singer Glasgow', with hinged polished horn cover
Dimensions
10cm long
Footnote
Note: Mr. James Watt named here could possibly be Mr. James Watt Junior (5 February 1769 – 2 June 1848), son of the Scottish inventor. This is further strengthened as the crest of the Watt family includes elephants.
Crest: Upon a fer de moline fessways Or, an elephant statant Proper charged on the body with a cross moline gold (for Watt). Upon a key fesseways wards downwards Azure a pelican in her piety Or wings addorsed Azure semee of crescents Argent.