Carrying case

Description

Small rectangular cardboard box, covered with red embossed paper to imitate Morocco leather and carries a manuscript label, which holds Robert Burns' bone chanter given to John Walker by Mrs Burns, Dumfries, 1799

Museum reference

K.1998.43.2

Collection

Culture

Object name

Carrying case

Date

c. 1794

Materials

Cardboard, Paper

Associations

Previous owner: Burns, Robert, 1759 - 1796
Recipient: Walker, John, 1799 (fl.)

References

Langwill, Lyndesay, 'The Stock and Horn'. Proceeding of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. 84 (1949 - 1950), pp. 173 - 180.

Ferguson, J. De Lancey. 'The Letters of Robert Burns' Vol. II 1790 - 1796. Oxford Clarendon Press, 1931, pp. 278 - 79.