Selkirk
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 26 objects about the town of Selkirk, in the southeastern region of the Borders of Scotland which correspond to art, decorative art, industry and transport. About 14 are relevant to the Scottish history collection and its categories of Scottish government. Scottish government is represented through 11 objects representing the Church of Scotland mostly through communion tokens as well as a tassie medallion representing the Reverend John Lawson, who was Minister of Selkirk from 1850 to 1898. The town’s economy is represented by 12 objects representing Kelso’s businesses with a particular focus on its glass industry. Scottish literature is represented by 2 objects including a holograph of a letter written by Sir Walter Scott in 1830. The collection dates mostly from the 19th to the 20th centuries.
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