A MASSIVE VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER MOUNTED RAM'S HORN SNUFF MULL, MACKAY & CHISHOLM, EDINBURGH, 1889 |

the hinged dome cover cast and pierced with scrolling leafage, around a large centrally inset citrine, interior liner and cover with wooden handle, four chain-attached snuff-taking implements, the mounted terminal with stone-set thistle finial, all raised on four amethyst glass-set thistle embellished wheels, pull-cord attachment

The interior and rim of main cover fully and clearly marked. Other areas including wheels and tail mounts apparently unmarked, possibly electroplated. The citrine with internal fractures. The internal cover with wooden finial detached an possibly previously replaced. The horn itself is intact and the whole is generally in good order.
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