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: National Museums Scotland
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• 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
  Cup
  Saucer
  
• 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
  
• Event:
• 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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