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Snuff-box made from an oak rafter from Alloway Auld Kirk

Key details

Object number
3.4527
Date
1800 to 1899
On display
No

Description

The snuff box is made from an oak rafter from the ruined Kirk Alloway which features in Burns` celebrated comic tale of `Tam O`Shanter`.

The setting of Alloway Kirk is only half a mile from the Poet's birthplace. The snuff box has silver inscribed plate which indicates has inscribed the name H. Molyneux, Lancaster.


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Measurements

  • Depth: 5.7(cm)
  • Height: 3(cm)
  • Width: 8.5(cm)