A Charming c.1820 Pen & Ink Naively Decorated Scottish Burr Root Wood Snuff Mull; ‘Tam o’Shanter’ antiques It's a hollow play

It's a hollow play

The top is later but has certainly been present since the early twentieth century and has a fair amount of wear and weathering

it could be part restored if so desired but is found in decorative and original condition

the puppeteer and the fire eater

or a human profile in the crescent moon

A Charming c.1820 Pen & Ink Naively Decorated Scottish Burr Root Wood Snuff Mull; ‘Tam o’Shanter’ antiques It's a hollow playOrigin: Scottish Period: Early Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1810 20 Height: 1. 75 inches Depth: 3. 5 inches Width: 5 inches The Georgian Scottish table snuff box of wonderful colour, carved in burr root wood from a huge old tree, having a hinged cover naively decorated in pen and inkwork depicting a scene from Tam oShanter showing a haunted church lit up, with witches and warlocks dancing and the devil playing the bagpipes amongst