Robert Burns cravat pin

Burns spent time in Edinburgh in 1787 following the success of the first edition of his work, published in Kilmarnock.Robert Burns was born into a farming family at Alloway in Ayrshire in 1759. He died in Dumfries at the early age of 37. Yet in that short time he had taken the Scottish literary world by storm, and had secured a place for himself in history and in legend. His works are known across the world and have been translated into hundreds of languages. Poems such as "A Man's a Man for A' That" have universal appeal, and nations come together to sing "Auld Lang Syne" every New Year.
Burns spent time in Edinburgh in 1787 following the success of the first edition of his work, published in Kilmarnock. He was acclaimed as a poet and was welcomed into Edinburgh Society. The 3,000 copies of his first Edinburgh edition sold rapidly.
This valuable memento of the poet was given to Mrs William Smith in 1825 by his widow, Jean Armour Burns. By that time relics of Burns were treasured and preserved.

Burns spent time in Edinburgh in 1787 following the success of the first edition of his work, published in Kilmarnock.