SNUFF MULL
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
This mull is an oval box which is made of three pieces of horn for the sides, top and bottom. The bottom has a chanelled decoration. The top is plain and the cover is cut with a point for the thumbpiece. The silver rim about the top is undecorated. There is a silver hinge which extends onto the cover. It is shaped like a double C. There is a small silver plaque on top.
- Object name:
- SNUFF MULL
- Made from:
- Horn -- silver
- Made in:
- SCOTLAND
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 2.9 × 6.6 × 5.1 cm (1 1/8 × 2 5/8 × 2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.59
- Class:
- HORN
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION on top of hinge: 15 93 engraved; in center of cover on oval silver medallion: PB in script
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973