Antique Treen 19thc Sycamore Table Snuff Box Carved with Tam O' Shanter. Scottish C1860-80.

Name: Antique Treen 19thc Sycamore Table Snuff Box Carved with Tam O' Shanter. Scottish C1860-80.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1061123
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Mark Seabrook Antiques

Description

A superb blind mans "table snuff" box, made out of one piece of Sycamore...beautifully carved with a scene from the Robert Burns poem...Tam O' Shanter, where poor Meg the horse is having her tail pulled , as the drunken farmer tries to get away over the bridge....it is also carved on the sides with a "longhorn" cow and dogs...it is known as a blind mans snuff box, as there was a gentleman who had a workshop in Ayrshire , who produced boxes like this in the late 1800's......the snuff box is in excellent condition with a very good patination.

Scottish. C1860-80.

Physical Dimensions

Height

7.6cm (2.99")

Width

15.2cm (5.98")

Depth

5.7cm (2.24")

Declaration

Mark Seabrook Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1061123

Dealers Internal Reference

MS 7968

Dealers Notes

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Description

A superb blind mans "table snuff" box, made out of one piece of Sycamore...beautifully carved with a scene from the Robert Burns poem...

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Tam O' Shanter, where poor Meg the horse is having her tail pulled , as the drunken farmer tries to get away over the bridge.

Mark Seabrook Antiques

...it is also carved on the sides with a "longhorn" cow and dogs...it is known as a blind mans snuff box, as there was a gentleman who had a workshop in Ayrshire , who produced boxes like this in the late 1800's......the snuff box is in excellent condition with a very good patination.

Scottish. C1860-80.