Museum number:
| APM 3.081 |
Subcollection:
| smokers' utensils |
Title:
| snuff box |
Keyword:
| snuffmull, thistle, inscription |
Description:
| Snuifdoos, zogenaamde snuff mull van buffelhoorn in hoornvorm met licht gebold hoornen deksel. Aan de scharnierkaken op het deksel twee bladeren en een distel, cirkelvormig schildje waarop een monogram. Bruin hoorn, de rand afgezet met zilveren band waarin opschrift "DIED AT ST. BOSWELLS, JOHN YOUNGER, 19TH JUNE 1860 AGED 75 YEARS". Schildvormige applique met graveerwerk "PRESENTED TO JAMES McDONALD BY WILLIAM SON OF THE POET20TH SEPTR. 1860". |
Date:
| Period | 1830 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
| Diameter | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | horn (animal material) |
| Technique | polished |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Oher techniques | engraved |
| Other colours | white |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Schotland |
Acquisition
| Year | 2002 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, veilinghuis Sotheby's, lot 124 |
| Sotheby's Gleneagles, August 1977, lot 153 |
Comments
| Uit de veilingcatalogus, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 04-11-2002, p 24: John Younger 1785-1860 was a shoemaker and wrote on angling as well as being a poet. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 2002-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013. |
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