Edwardian Silver Mounted Snuff Mull by J Grinsell & Sons, Birmingham 1910

Name: Edwardian Silver Mounted Snuff Mull by J Grinsell & Sons, Birmingham 1910
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA654374
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Julie Cartwright Antiques

Description

This wonderful Georgian revival silver snuff mull* is hallmarked for Birmingham 1910. The ram's horn body with a plain hallmarked silver neck. The hinged lid engraved with a celtic border and surmounted by a central cairngorm stone.

Snuff mull comes from a Scottish dialect word for "mill", where the snuff would have been ground to a powder, mulls came in a variety of shapes, the most common being fashioned from a ram's horn.

Hallmarks:

JG&S for John Grinsell & Sons.

Birmingham Assay Mark.

Lion Passant .

Date letter "l" for 1910

Dimensions:

Length: 10cm / 4 inches.

Lid diameter: 5cm / 2 inches.

Condition:

Body in excellent shiny condition.

Silver hinge and decorations in excellent condition.

Postage UK: £8 Special Delivery Next day.

Postage overseas: from £12 International Signed For.

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Physical Dimensions

Height

9.5cm (3.74")

Width

7cm (2.76")

Depth

4cm (1.57")

Declaration

Julie Cartwright Antiques has dated this piece to the Edwardian era.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA654374

Dealers Internal Reference

OCTO70

Description

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Snuff mull comes from a Scottish dialect word for "mill", where the snuff would have been ground to a powder, mulls came in a variety of shapes, the most common being fashioned from a ram's horn.

Julie Cartwright Antiques