SNUFF MULL
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The light colored horn has the end carved in the shape of a thin animals head with eyes and a small mouth. The outside of the horn is engraved with circles, crosses and lines, all in a stippled pattern. The brass rim is engraved with lines of dots in a traingular pattern. The cover has an oval brass plaque that is inscribed.
- Object name:
- SNUFF MULL
- Made from:
- Horn -- brass
- Made in:
- SCOTLAND
- Date made:
- 1758
- Size:
- 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.93
- Class:
- HORN
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; DATE brass plaque on cover: FLS 1758
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973