An early-19th century glass scent bottle,

An early-19th century glass scent bottle,
vase form with a spiral scroll base and textured edges, engraved with a thistle, the reverse inscribed 'Sarah Burns, 1830', with a handwritten damaged note which reads 'A smelling bottle which belonged to a daughter of the great Scotch Bard Robert Burns', and written 'E .Archard', length 9cm.

Provenance: A Private Collection of Scent Bottles.
None of Robert Burn's twelve children was called Sarah. He did have a granddaughter called Sarah (1821-1909). However there is no concrete evidence that this scent bottle belonged to her.