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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 the farmer poet composed a wealth of songs and poems. He died of heart disease in Dumfries aged 37 years.
These buttons are on display in Burns Cottage Museum in Alloway.
On display are 6 waistcoat buttons which belonged to the Poet. They of brown and white stone (agate) and are silver mounted. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1780-01-01 - 1796-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Set of 6 Buttons of brown and white ston | Go to resource |
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