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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 in Dumfries of heart disease aged only 37 years.
The snuff box is on display in Burns Cottage Museum, Alloway.
The wooden snuff box with hinged lid was used by Robert Burns. On the lid is a 4 lined printed quotation from Burns' poem 'The Two Dogs'. | 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: | Snuff Box in Wood which belonged to Robe | Go to resource |
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