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Lot 58
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER AND RAM HORN PRESENTATION LARGE SNUFF MULL
MARK OF WALKER & HALL, SHEFFIELD, 1901
Fermé8 April 2021
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USD 5,250
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The presentation inscription reads WHITE HORSE CELLAR/CORONATION SNUFF MULL 1902./PRESENTED BY/P.d. MACKIE.LAGAVULIN.ISLAY.
This presentation cup was likely created in relation to the coronation of King Edward VII in August of 1902 by Scottish distiller Sir Peter Jeffrey Mackie, first baronet (1855-1924). Born at Corsepatrick, St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, Mackie was the son of Alexander Mackie, a distiller whose family had been a part of the wine and spirits trade for a number of generations. After his education, Mackie joined his father’s firm James L. Mackie & Co. in 1878, and in the mid-1880s became partner of the new firm Mackie & Co. which created the White Horse whiskey using a blend of Lagavulin, a famous dark malt from the island of Islay. The blend itself is named after a coaching inn on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, a building that still stands today and was traditionally the starting point for the eight-day coach trip from Edinburgh to London. Mackie would become chairman of the firm upon his father’s retirement in 1895, and remained in charge until his death in 1924.
This presentation cup was likely created in relation to the coronation of King Edward VII in August of 1902 by Scottish distiller Sir Peter Jeffrey Mackie, first baronet (1855-1924). Born at Corsepatrick, St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, Mackie was the son of Alexander Mackie, a distiller whose family had been a part of the wine and spirits trade for a number of generations. After his education, Mackie joined his father’s firm James L. Mackie & Co. in 1878, and in the mid-1880s became partner of the new firm Mackie & Co. which created the White Horse whiskey using a blend of Lagavulin, a famous dark malt from the island of Islay. The blend itself is named after a coaching inn on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, a building that still stands today and was traditionally the starting point for the eight-day coach trip from Edinburgh to London. Mackie would become chairman of the firm upon his father’s retirement in 1895, and remained in charge until his death in 1924.