Ivorex plaque depicting Agnes Burnes in the Burns Cottage

Key details

Object number: 2012.386
Date: 1900 to 1969
On display: No
Maker: B. Osborne Company

Description

An Ivorex plaque carved in low-relief, depicting Agnes Burnes in the Burns Cottage kitchen holding a newborn Robert Burns.

Inscribed underneath 'Burns' Birth Scene Que'she 'Wha lives will see the proof, This waly boy will be nae coof: I think we'll ca' him Robin'. It was probably painted in the past, but it is now discoloured.

Object information

Material

Resin

Measurements

Depth: 2(cm)
Height: 16.7(cm)
Width: 24.3(cm)

Place of creation

England

Themes

Object

Osborne Ivorex plaque of the exterior of Burns Cottage

Date created: 1904

Object number: 2013.169.3

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