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Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96), Scotland's National Poet was born in a small cottage in Alloway, Ayrshire the son of a market gardener who feued 7 acres locally. During a short period the farmer poet composed a wealth of songs and poems. He died of heart disease in Dumfries aged only 37 years.
The candlestick is displayed at Burns Cottage Museum in Alloway.
The brass candlestick displayed is said to have belonged to the Poet. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1785-01-01 - 1796-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Brass Candlestick, said to have belonged | Go to resource |
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