Antique Vintage Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet Brass Death Plaque
Code: 13599
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For sale is a Antique/ Vintage Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet Brass Death Plaque. The plaque states “SWS born 15 august 1771 died 21 sep 1832, he woke the dust of nations into life”. This plaque measures 12.5cm in diameter, 14.8cm length including hook, 3cm depth from nose to base. This is an unusual piece, and we’re not to sure on the age of this, so please see the photos for more details.
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, Old Mortality, The Heart of Mid-Lothian and The Bride of Lammermoor, and the narrative poems The Lady of the Lake and Marmion. He had a major impact on European and American literature.
As an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession, he combined writing and editing with daily work as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire. He was prominent in Edinburgh's Tory establishment, active in the Highland Society, long a president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820–1832), and a vice president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1827–1829).His knowledge of history and literary facility equipped him to establish the historical novel genre as an exemplar of European Romanticism. He became a baronet "of Abbotsford in the County of Roxburgh", Scotland, on 22 April 1820; the title became extinct on his son's death in 1847.
This is in good condition and an unusual piece. This will be sent via Royal Mail 1st class signed for and dispatched within two working days.
