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Lot description
ROBERT BURNS / TAM O’ SHANTER INTEREST AN 18TH CENTURY SILVER AND TORTOISESHELL TABLE SNUFF BOX the oval tortoiseshell snuff box of simple form, the domed pull off cover with reeded silver rim and applied to centre with a shaped cartouche finely engraved with Tam o’ Shanter being pursed by the witches in storm, with the moot ‘Ah Tam! Ah Tam! thou’ll get thy fairth in Hell they’ll roast thee like a herrin’ width 12.5cm, depth 10cm, height 3.5cm Although a familiar image of Tam o’ Shanter, the source for this version of the image and engraved motto are found in ‘Knight & Rumley’s Heraldic Illustrations, Specimen Crests & Fancy Gems’ plate 22