£350
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Auction: 17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST
With 2pp. testament that the grid iron once belonged to Robert Burns, provided by Robert Sharpe, J.P., dated 25 March 1881, retrieved when the house was being emptied after the death of Jean Armour
Note: In his testament, Robert Sharpe declares that he served an apprenticeship as house-joiner and wheelwright in Dumfries in 1826, that he was well acquainted with Jean Armour, that he assisted with the sale of the effects of Burns' house after Jean Armour's death, and that in the evening one of the men 'picked up an old, burnt and seemingly useless Gridiron.. and gave them to me to keep in remembrance of Burns'. This is followed by a detailed description of the Gridiron.