SEVEN ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH SILVER-MOUNTED HORN SNUFF MULLS MOST UNMARKED, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each horn with applied silver collar and cover mount, the first with cover applied with silver thistle and engraved John Jamison between Masonic symbols; the second with silver collar engraved He that is not a friend at a pinch, is not worth a snuff, the cover engraved 1816 and with blank silver shield to the front; the third with cover engraved Z di Z; the fourth with cover engraved AIC; the fifth with terminal carved as a dog head; the sixth lacking engraving; the seventh marked on collar, mark of William Dunningham & Co., Edinburgh, 1912
41⁄4 in. (10.7 cm.) long, the largest
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Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 23 May 2007, lot 78.
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Each horn with applied silver collar and cover mount, the first with cover applied with silver thistle and engraved John Jamison between Masonic symbols; the second with silver collar engraved He that is not a friend at a pinch, is not worth a snuff, the cover engraved 1816 and with blank silver shield to the front; the third with cover engraved Z di Z; the fourth with cover engraved AIC; the fifth with terminal carved as a dog head; the sixth lacking engraving; the seventh marked on collar, mark of William Dunningham & Co., Edinburgh, 1912
41⁄4 in. (10.7 cm.) long, the largest
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 23 May 2007, lot 78.