The Room in which Shakespeare was Born Shakespeare's Birthplace (interior)
Factory: F. & R. Pratt & Co.
White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. On the top 'The Room in which Shakespeare was Born', inscribed 'THE ROOM IN WHICH SHAKESPEARE WAS BORN.'; pearl border.
History note: Possibly bought from Stanley Woolston, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 10.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Mid-Late
Victoria I
Circa
1850
-
1900
Decoration
Moulding
: White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: GPL.52-1928
Primary reference Number: 14642
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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