SNUFF MULL
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The body is made from a stubby, slightly curved sheep's horn. The cover is a piece of horn with a projection at the front to serve as a thumbpiece and a cork inside to make it tight. The hinge is made in silver. On the front is a silver shield, and a silver medallion. There is a silver hinge in a scalloped design on the cover as well as a silver rectangle on the cover. The edge is lined with silver which is inscribed.
- Object name:
- SNUFF MULL
- Made from:
- Horn -- silver -- cork
- Made in:
- SCOTLAND
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.66
- Class:
- HORN
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION on shield: cross being held by a hand with motto Per Mare, Per Terras, 1837 (By sea, By land); on medallion: worn engraving with a pile of rocks in the center; on hinge: P. Banks Leith to G. MacDonald. Tain; on rectangle: GMD; on hinge on cover: from C. McDonald to A. Macdonald 1889
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973