Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 5th October 2023
Lot 426
A RARE AND FINE SCOTTISH FOLK ART TREEN CARVED 'BURNS' TABLE SNUFF BOX
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £3000
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Description
A RARE AND FINE SCOTTISH FOLK ART TREEN CARVED 'BURNS' TABLE SNUFF BOX
BY THE BLIND MAN OF GLASGOW, MID-19TH CENTURY
all over carved with figures, hunting dogs, foxes and horses, the hinged lid with Tam O'Shanter kissing a lady, the interior with traces of foil
16.5cm wide
Literature
For a similar carved sycamore box, said to have been made by a blind Scotsman in Glasgow, c.1850 and now in the Birmingham City Art Gallery and Museum, see E. H. and E. R. Pinto, Tunbridge and Scottish Souvenir Woodware, pl.46.