Antique Treen 19thc Sycamore Snuff Box Carved With Tam O' Shanter.
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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.
Additional Information
MS 7968 (AB-188444)
W: 6" (15.2 cm)H: 3" (7.6 cm)D: 2.2" (5.6 cm)
19th Century
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Mark Seabrook Antiques was started in 1996, and his speciality is in 17thc / 18thc Antique Oak & Country Furniture, Antique Metalware, Antique Treen, Delftware, & Early English Pottery . Mark was a member of the BADA from 2006 until 2019, and he has exhibited at all the major English Antique...
