What is it?
Our next object is a snuff mull – or snuff box – dated 1715 that was used to hold snuff, a powdered tobacco.
Who owned it? Why is it important?
It was given as a gift to the Jacobite Colonel Donald Murchison who fought at the battle of Sheriffmuir.
Watch this short video in which Assistant Curator, Adrienne Hynes examines the Murchison snuff mull and its inscriptions.
You can see the snuff mull in this painting by Landseer, 1868 that Adrienne mentions in the film.
The next step will discuss the snuff mull, the powder flask and the
broadsword that we have explored as part of the surviving material – and
martial – culture associated with the 1715 rising.