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Wooden snuff box illustrated with The Cotter's Saturday Night

Key details

Object number
3.4561
Date
1800 to 1899
On display
Yes

Description

Wooden snuff box illustrated with the Robert Burns poem The Cotter's Saturday Night.

This circular wooden snuff box is decorated with the scene from The Cotter’s Saturday Night where Jenny nervously brings a young man to meet her parents for the first time.


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Measurements

  • Diameter: 8.8(cm)
  • Height: 1.5(cm)

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