VERY RARE GEORGIAN SCOTTISH SILVER "SALMON HEAD" SNUFF MULL, C.1820
Price
SOLDItem Ref
SEPT98
Description
This wonderful Georgian Scottish silver snuff mull* dates circa 1800. The ram's horn body carved with a salmon head and mounted with a plain hallmarked silver neck. The hinged lid with applied silver coronet and feathers.Snuff mull comes from a Scottish dialect word for "mill", where the snuff would have been ground to a powder, mulls came in a variety of shapes, the most common being fashioned from a ram's horn.
Hallmarks:
Unmarked as was nealry always the case with Georgian snuff mulls.
Dimensions:
Length: 11cm / 4.2 inches.
Lid diameter: 4cm / 1.6 inches.
Condition:
Body in excellent shiny condition.
Silver hinge and decorations in excellent condition.
Postage UK: £8 Special Delivery Next day.
Postage overseas: from £12 International Signed For.
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Internal Ref: SEPT98
Dimensions
Height = 10 cm (4")Width = 4.5 cm (2")
Depth = 4.5 cm (2")
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