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Lot 365Y

A large curled ram's horn snuff mull

16 – 31 August 2011, 11:00 BST
Edinburgh

£250 - £350

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A large curled ram's horn snuff mull

With scalloped collar and hinged cover inset with tortoiseshell, the separate scalloped and pierced band with engraved inscription (rubbed) and monogrammed shield, length 14.5cm, together with a rectangular wooden snuff box, the central plaque with presentation inscription and initials 'D.S', length 9.7cm.

Footnotes

The presentation inscription on the wooden box reads;
This box/ Is made from the Wood/ of the foundation of/ Old Stockwell Bridge Glasgow/ Built by Bishop Rae 1345/ Taken down 1850

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