Metal stamp of Robert Burns affixed to wooden backing

Key details

Object number: 2013.628
Date: 1950
On display: No

Description

Metal stamp affixed to layers of light and dark wood. In rectangular cardboard box lined with fabric.

Stamp created by Wendy Wood (co-founder of the SNP) to agitate for a Burns Stamp for the 1964 anniversary.

Depicts Burns head with his name, birth and death years and 'Scotland' written along the bottom.

The lid of the box has the following handwritten 'The Patriot Burns Stamp, to Mr. Peebles with respect and appreciation. Wendy Wood, Compton Mackenzie, Harald R. Leslie'.

Object information

Acquisition

16 December 2013

Material

Wood
Metal

Measurements

Depth: 3.2(cm)
Depth: 5.2(cm)
Height: 2.3(cm)
Height: 4.7(cm)
Width: 13.3(cm)
Width: 3.6(cm)

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