ANTIQUE (CIRCA 1867 - 1899) WOODEN MAUCHLINE WARE STRING BOX COMMEMORATING ROBERT BURNS - SO SPECIAL

ANTIQUE SCOTTISH SOUVENIR WOOD WARE IS KNOWN AS MAUCHLINE WARE BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE SMALL WOODEN ITEMS BEARING PICTURES TO APPEAL TO 19TH CENTURY TOURISTS WERE MADE IN THE AYSHIRE TOWN OF MAUCHLINE.

IN THOSE DAYS GIFTS (AND EVEN GOODS PURCHASED IN SHOPS) WERE WRAPPED AND TIED WITH STRING (WHICH WAS STORED IN A STRING BOX).  THIS PARTICULAR LITTLE BOX IS 6CM TALL AND 10CM IN DIAMETER WITH ORIGINAL CLARK & CO., PAISLEY PAPER LABEL INSIDE LID.  APART FROM BEING ONE COMMEMORATING THE MUCH LOVED POET, ROBERT BURNS IT IS ALSO SPECIAL BECAUSE THE STRING HOLES ON THE SIDE ACCOMODATE THREE DIFFERENT THICKNESSES OF STRING - SIZES 40, 50 AND 60 - NOT OFTEN FOUND.

A RARE AND SPECIAL COLLECTABLE!    REFER IMAGES