Lot 247
A MID 18TH CENTURY SCOTTISH MOUNTED EBONY AND IVORY SNUFF MULL
with alternating vertical staves and a butterfly hinge, the cartouche engraved with two conjoined hearts and the initials "A", "J" and "G", the base inscribed "Alex Grant of SHEWGLIE HIS MILL. obiit 19 July 1746 etatis suica 59", unmarked; 2.5" (6.4 cms) high
*Shewglie is near Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness, Invernesshire.
