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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 37 years.
The snuff box has silver inscribed plate which indicates has inscribed the name H. Molyneux, Lancaster. This box is on display in Burns Cottage Museum, Alloway.
The snuff box on display is made from an oak rafter from the ruined Kirk Alloway which features in Burns' celebrated comic tale of 'Tam O'Shanter'. The setting of Alloway Kirk is only half a mile from the Poet's birthplace. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1800-01-01 - 1850-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Snuff Box- made from an oak rafter from | Go to resource |
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