the curled bodies each applied with a shield below hinged plain rim mounts with shaped heads to the lids, one with applied cut-cornered rectangle engraved with initials and a crest to the shield, the other with a vacant roundel and initials to the shield, unmarked, 9.5 and 8.5cm long; together with another horn snuff mull, Scottish, 19th century, with brass shaped hinge mount and applied vacant roundel, a vacant oval to the terminal, 10.5cm long (3)
Provenance: The Bearn Collection, New York
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the curled bodies each applied with a shield below hinged plain rim mounts with shaped heads to the lids, one with applied cut-cornered rectangle engraved with initials and a crest to the shield, the other with a vacant roundel and initials to the shield, unmarked, 9.5 and 8.5cm long; together with another horn snuff mull, Scottish, 19th century, with brass shaped hinge mount and applied vacant roundel, a vacant oval to the terminal, 10.5cm long (3)
Provenance: The Bearn Collection, New York
Auction: European Works of Art, 22nd Nov, 2023