A Charming c.1820 Pen & Ink Naively Decorated Scottish Burr Root Wood Snuff Mull; ‘Tam o’Shanter’ sub-Curios etc at number 85 on

etc at number 85 on the High Street  in Bedford

Although the carving of the caryatids is typical of Italian workmanship we cannot find any other pieces like this set with a charger

for she slept on an old toy box

yet contemplative glare and he is sombre in face

performing as the Young Society Conjurer and he retired at the age of 80

A Charming c.1820 Pen & Ink Naively Decorated Scottish Burr Root Wood Snuff Mull; ‘Tam o’Shanter’ sub-Curios etc at number 85 onOrigin: 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