Robert Burns' Cottage, W.H. Goss, Stoke-on-Trent

Robert Burns' Cottage
Hand-painted Parian porcelain
W.H. Goss, Stoke-on-Trent
Circa 1893
6 cm x 3.2 cm (approx)

Marked with, "Robert Burns' Cottage" the W.H. Goss "hawk" crest and Registration Number "Rd. No. 211037". Inscribed "Robert Burns the Ayrshire Poet was born on the 25th January A.D. 1759 died 21st July A.D. 1796 aged 37 ½ years."

This model was first registered in 1893, making it one of the earliest of the representations of famous birth-places produced in miniature by Goss.