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Framed section of Robert Burns's Trysting Thorn.

Key details

Object number
2012.371
On display
No

Description

Burns's Trysting Thorn. Piece of trysting thorn, varnished and containing a quote 'At length I reached the Bennie, Where early life I sported, I passed the Mill and Trysting Thorn, Where Nancy aft I courted'.

Contained in a glazed wooden box with a tapered front. Brass brackets for hanging.


Object information

Acquisition

11 July 2011

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Material

Measurements

  • Depth: 9(cm)
  • Length: 14(cm)
  • Width: 20.915(cm)

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