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Mauchline ware stamp box

Key details

Object number
3.4590
On display
No

Description

Mauchline ware stamp box. Top of rectangular box shows print of Alloway Kirk.

External brass hinge. Front of base reads: 'Bought in the Cottage' with a two line excerpt from 'Tam o'Shanter' beginning, 'Kirk Alloway was drawing nigh..'. May not be Mauchline ware given standard of construction.


Object information

Acquisition

23 August 2007

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Material

Measurements

  • Depth: 4.4(cm)
  • Height: 3(cm)
  • Width: 6.6(cm)

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