That's lovely, nice Scottish agate setting on the lid too. Snuff-taking was all the rage back in the 19th century, and many a Scotsman enjoyed his pinch of snuff from mulls like that one. Larger versions, called "toast-master's mulls" would often have a set of silver tools attached to the horn with fine chains, and frequently a small ivory mallet used to tap the host's drinking glass when proposing a toast at a group meeting.Originally Posted by McFarkus
Beautiful. The same general idea was also used for snuff mulls. The picture below gives you an idea, but some were virtually identical to the powder horns.
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