Collections
Shakespeare service
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Museum number
2239
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Description
Five dessert plates from The Shakespeare service with embossed griffins on the border in unglazed bone china and a dotted gold ground. Each plate has a different central emblem and 3 small oval portrait panels of Shakespeare, Tragedy and Comedy in enamel.
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Artist
Thomas Bott
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Date made
1853
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Material
Bone China
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Factory mark
Kerr & Binns circle mark
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Mark type
Printed
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Provenance/assession
Purchased for the museum in 1895.