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Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96) Scotland's National Poet was born in a small thatched cottage in Alloway, Ayrshire the son of a market gardener who feued 7 acres locally. During a short period Burns composed a wealth of songs and poems. He died in Dumfries of heart disease aged 37 years.
The Punch-Bowl now on display in Burns Cottage Museum, Alloway is a copy of the original now in the British Museum, London. When Burns died his widow Jean presented the original bowl to Alexander Cunningham (d.1812),his Edinburgh friend, in 1801.
The Punch-bowl of Inveraray Marble is a copy of the original bowl which was made and presented to Robert Burns by his father in law James Armour (d.1787) a Mauchline stone-mason. During the Poet's courtship with Armour's daughter Jean there had been a lot of animosity, but they eventually became friends. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1800-01-01 - 1820-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Punch-Bowl of Inveraray Marble | Go to resource |
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