Fabergé Chisel. Late 18th century. (At that time, the family that would become famous was spelled Fabrzer.)
Evidently, it was this very chisel—a gift to Burns for his thirtieth birthday, but which he soon lost during a picnic in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland—that became the «hero» of the actual sonnet. However, the chisel, lost to the poet, was later found in the same Grampian Mountains by another great Scot, Sir Walter Scott. It is currently rumored that it (the chisel, not Walter Scott) is kept in the private collection of Sir Paul McCartney.
SONNET ON THE LOSTRIVER by Robert Burns
I walked out yesterday from the workshop, Where I left my coping saw behind. Having strayed a short distance from the block, I decided to retrieve my saw I’d find.
I turned around and started on my way, Holding the saw by its brass handle tight. But when I reached the place where I held sway, I realized the saw was lost from sight.
Though firmly in my grasp I held the grip— The saw was not held firmly in the hold! All evening long I felt a mounting slip,
All night I searched for that lost tool of old. At dawn, I found a dagger instead… — Why do I need this? I need my saw instead!