A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER-MOUNTED RAM'S HEAD TABLE SNUFF-MULL
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A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER-MOUNTED RAM'S HEAD TABLE SNUFF-MULL

MARK OF DAVID CRICHTON RAIT, EDINBURGH, 1859

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A VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER-MOUNTED RAM'S HEAD TABLE SNUFF-MULL
MARK OF DAVID CRICHTON RAIT, EDINBURGH, 1859
The ram's head centrally mounted with a gilt-metal circular snuff compartment with hinged silver cover chased with thistles and central vacant reserve, with five various snuff accoutrements suspended from silver chains, the horns each applied with leaf-chased silver terminals, the brow applied with a plaque engraved with a coat-of-arms, mounted on three castors
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide over horns
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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Lindesay quartering Mauleverer almost certainly for Frederick Lindesay (1792-1871), of Loughry, Co. Tyrone.

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