The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 577, July 7, 1827

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 577, July 7, 1827

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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 577, July 7, 1827

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 577, July 7, 1827

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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 577, July 7, 1827

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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 577, July 7, 1827

The first of these archological rarities is a pair of Snuffers, found in Dorsetshire sixty-four years since, and engraved in Hutchins's history of that county. They were discovered, says the historian, "in the year 1768, in digging the foundation of a granary, at the foot of a hill adjoining to Corton mansion house (formerly the seat of the respectable family of the Mohuns), in the parish of St. Peter, Portisham. They are of brass, and weigh six ounces: the great difference between these and the modern utensils of the same nature and use is, that these are in shape like a heart fluted, and consequently terminate in a point. They consist of two equal lateral cavities, by the edges of which the snuff is cut off, and received into the cavities, from which it is not got out without particular application and trouble." "There are two circumstances attending this little utensil which seem to bespeak it of considerable age: the roughness of the workmanship, which is in all respects as crude and course as can be well imagined, and the awkwardness of the form." ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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