Name: Auction: ROBERT BURNS / TAM O’ SHANTER INTEREST AN 18TH CENTURY SILVER AND TORTOISESHELL TABLE SNUFF BOX
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 800 GBP
Availability: InStock

Day 1: Wednesday 20 August - Lots 1 - 296

Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end

Scotland Collected is a unique celebration of Scottish creativity, craftsmanship and cultural legacy brought together in one specially curated auction.This sale showcases exceptional Scottish objects, each reflecting the nation's rich history and enduring spirit. Explore a diverse selection of treasures, from rare Jacobite artefacts and ceremonial Scottish silver, to fine single malt Scotch whisky, period furniture and iconic works by modern Scottish makers and artists. We have the pleasure this year of also offering a number of private collections, including Property from the Earls of Airlie (lots 212 - 296), Selected Highlights from the John Kirk Arms and Armour Collection (lots 296 - 343) and The Cairncross Collection- Scottish Freshwater Pearl Jewellery (lots 616 - 712). Every lot has been chosen for its beauty, provenance and cultural significance, each with a story to tell, each a piece of Scotland, collected.Sale Contacts<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/about/specialists/john-mackie">John Mackie </a>| 0131 557 8844 | <a href="mailto:john.mackie@lyonandturnbull.com">john.mackie@lyonandturnbull.com</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/about/specialists/kier-alexander">Kier Alexander </a>| 0131 557 8844 | <a href="mailto:kier.alexander@lyonandturnbull.com">kier.alexander@lyonandturnbull.com</a>Buyers' Guide:

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the oval tortoiseshell snuff box of simple form, the domed pull off cover with reeded silver rim and applied to centre with a shaped cartouche finely engraved with Tam o’ Shanter being pursed by the witches in storm, with the moot ‘Ah Tam! Ah Tam! thou’ll get thy fairth in Hell they’ll roast thee like a herrin’

ROBERT BURNS / TAM O’ SHANTER INTEREST

AN 18TH CENTURY SILVER AND TORTOISESHELL TABLE SNUFF BOX

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