A Charming c.1820 Pen & Ink Naively Decorated Scottish Burr Root Wood Snuff Mull; ‘Tam o’Shanter’ sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Many examples like this would

Many examples like this would be show framed rather than upholstered fully like this one

the label in latin reading ‘Apis Mellifica’ and ‘Honey Bee Life History’ with further makers label for T Gerrard & Co Ltd

the stand with a further starburst motif and an image of a large stags head

KBE was an American-born British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture

A Charming c.1820 Pen & Ink Naively Decorated Scottish Burr Root Wood Snuff Mull; ‘Tam o’Shanter’ sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Many examples like this wouldOrigin: 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