Melrose
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 51 objects about the town of Melrose, Roxburghshire in the Borders of Scotland which correspond to art, decorative art, industry and transport. About 7 are relevant to the Scottish history collection and its categories of Scottish government and literature. Scottish government is represented through approximately 3 objects representing the Church of Scotland through communion tokens although the famous medieval Abbey is represented in a collection 17 objects of topographic art. Local government is represented by 2 objects which includes a larger collection of seal impressions representing the town and its Abbey. The town’s economy is represented by 12 objects representing Melrose’s businesses and industries. Scottish literature in Melrose has 2 objects of which one is a painting inspired by Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Lay of the Last Minstrel.’ The collection dates mostly from the 19th to the 20th centuries.
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