SNUFF MULL
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The horn is light on the large end and dark on the end where it is curled. The cover has a reeded silver hinge set with a smooth rock crystal. The crystal is polished and clear on the front and not so on the back. The crystal contains earth form the Castle of Glen Finan in the Argyle Mountains.
- Object name:
- SNUFF MULL
- Made from:
- Horn -- silver -- crystal -- earth
- Made in:
- SCOTLAND
- Date made:
- 1790-1810
- Size:
- 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.108
- Class:
- HORN
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973