SNUFF MULL
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The is large and has a light color on the bigger end and a dark color where it curls back on itself. The hinge is plain silver. On the silver cover, which is not lined with cork, is a silver statuette of an eagle with outspread wings. The eagle was cast and engraved afterwards.
- Object name:
- SNUFF MULL
- Made from:
- Horn -- silver
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.69
- Class:
- HORN
- Signature marks:
- MARK on cover: lion rampant; king's head to the right; SH
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973