June Donation

This stunning miniature portrait on ivory was donated by Ian Freshwater, Bethany Christian Aid, Edinburgh. We have no indication of who the portrait is of. If you have any idea please tell us.

The information on the back says that it has been 'drawn', but the detail is so fine it looks like a photograph. It would need to be more closely examined. There was a method of transferring photograph to ivory in the 1800s. As Andrew Young was a photographer this may be the case. However, we have seen some other 'ivories' of his and they have been painted.

Friday 7th February

Presentation of baton from National Trust Scotland

Recent acquisitions

The above watercolours are by George Thomson, some people in the town may remember him as an art teacher at Burntisland Secondary School. He was a well known calligrapher writing on the subject and carrying out commissions. The above paintings, were donated to Burntisland Heritage, by Mr McCulloch, who's family owned the Sandhills caravan park in Kinghorn.

Antonia Laurence Allen, Regional Curator for The National Trust for Scotland, contacted Burntisland Heritage early in January to enquire if we would like to receive a ceremonial baton which was in their collection at Falkland. We were delighted to accept this offer and the baton was duly transferred to Burntisland and the presentation took place on Friday 7th February.

We are currently looking into the history of the object and would be keen to hear from anyone with information.