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This antique Victorian-era Robert Burns cast brass door stop (or chimney art, bookend, display piece) is a collectible piece of "Scotch" metalware, particularly desirable for Robert Burns enthusiasts and collectors of Glasgow industrial history. It has been in our family for generations, but the purchase place and year are unknown. The brass was probably cast around 1880 based on characteristics and similar antiques. Size is approximately 11” high by 5.5” wide by 1.25” thick, and the weight is 2.0 pounds.
• Item: Antique Victorian/Edwardian cast brass doorstop (mantel ornament).
• Subject: Robert Burns (The Bard of Ayrshire) depicted at a plough.
• Manufacturer: Marked "Greenlee, Glasgow" (R. Greenlees & Co., wholesale ironmongers/foundry, late 19th c.).
• Inscriptions: Features excerpts from two poems by Robert Burns in Scots dialect:
• "To a Mouse" (1785): "Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!"
• "To a Mountain Daisy" (1786): "Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou's met me in an evil hour."
• Condition: Authentic antique patina with natural age-related oxidation (verdigris) and surface wear. Solid brass construction with hollow-back design.
