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Mauchline ware glasses case and spectacles

Key details

Object number
2019.9230
Date
1830 to 1869
On display
No
Maker
Mauchline ware (Manufacturer)

Description

Pair of small brass spectacles, in a Mauchline ware case with hinged top and red velvet lining. The case is printed on one side with an image of the Burns Cottage in which Robert Burns was born, and on the other side with the Burns Monument.

Made from wood which grew on the banks of the River Doon, and was purchased at the Burns Monument in the 19th century.


Object information

Acquisition

16 September 1980

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Material

Measurements

  • Depth: 1(cm)
  • Height: 14(cm)
  • Width: 3.5(cm)

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