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Paperweights, associated with Robert Burns & George Heriot

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made in Edinburgh

Postcard of Paperweights, associated with Robert Burns & George Heriot.
000-100-103-234-C
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Paperweights, associated with Robert Burns & George Heriot

These two glass paperweights enclose sulphide cameo heads of Robert Burns and George Heriot. The paperweights were made around 1881 by W. Ford and Co. at Holyrood Glassworks in Edinburgh.

Glass paperweight enclosing a sulphide cameo head of Robert Burns: Scottish, Edinburgh, Holyrood Glassworks, by W. Ford and Co., c. 1881


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Online ID: 000-100-103-234-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1881.27.3
Date: Around 1881
c. 1881
Material: Glass; sulphide
Dimensions: 57 mm H x 63 mm D
64 mm H x 63 mm D
What: Paperweight
Subject: British glass
Who: George Heriot
Robert Burns
W. Ford and Co., Holyrood Glassworks, Edinburgh (Maker)
Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Holyrood
Event:
Description: Glass paperweight enclosing a sulphide cameo head of George Heriot: Scottish, Edinburgh, Holyrood Glassworks, by W. Ford and Co., c. 1881
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