Lot 746
A GEORGE II SCOTTISH SILVER SNUFF MULL
of "upright" form and oval section, with moulded borders, the sides engraved with an upper & lower border of stylised fruiting vines, the cover engraved with a coat of arms and the base inscribed "Alexr. Givan", maker's mark only, struck once in the cover, by Samuel Telfer, Glasgow c.1750; 2.4" (6 cms) high; 2.8 oz
*A mid 18th century silver snuff box, described as having been "used by Alexander Givan or Govan" was exhibited as item 1328 in the Exhibition Illustrative of Old Glasgow, held by the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1894 (Exhibition catalogue pp.270).
