Cup & saucer, associated with Robert Burns Clarinda

This porcelain cup and saucer are said to have belonged to Mrs Agnes McLehose, the woman Robert Burns wrote to passionately as 'Clarinda' while he was in Edinburgh. The cup and saucer were made in Bristol between 1770 and 1781.

The cup and saucer are painted with flower sprays.

A tenant farmer and often struggling, Burns found time to write and in 1786 published the famous 'Kilmarnock edition' of his poetry. It was immediately successful and when he visited Edinburgh he was lionised by society.

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Online ID:	000-100-083-050-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland A.1890.879 A
Date:	1770 - 1781 1770 - 1781 Between 1770 and 1781
Material:	Porcelain painted with flower sprays in iron red Porcelain painted with flower sprays in iron red
Dimensions:	30 mm H x 135 mm Dia 50 mm H x 85 mm Dia
What:	Cup Saucer
Subject:	Porcelain Porcelain
Who:	Mrs McLehose (Probable owner) Mrs McLehose (Probable owner)
Where:	England, Bristol England, Bristol
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Description:	Cup of so-called 'Cottage' china painted with flower sprays in iron red, said to have belonged to Mrs McLehose (Burns' Clarinda): English, Bristol, 1770 - 1781 Saucer of so-called 'Cottage' china painted with flower sprays in iron red, said to have belonged to Mrs McLehose (Burns' Clarinda): English, Bristol, 1770 - 1781
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