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Ceramics: M0206
Title
Mug with William Shakespeare
Technique
Porcelain
Subject
Date
c 1770-1775
Dimensions
height: 13cm
width: 13cm
depth: 8.2cm
width: 13cm
depth: 8.2cm
Other materials
Worcester porcelain
Inscription/signature
The Cloud-capp'd towers, the Gorgeous Palaces/ The Solemn temples, the Great Globe itself/ Yea, all which it inherit/ shall dissolve,/ And, like ey baseless/ Fabrick of Vision, leave not a Wrack behind.
Provenance
Purchased from Stockspring Antiques in 2014.
Mug with a portrait of Shakespeare printed in black, and Comedy and Tragedy on the reverse. The engraving is attributed to Robert Hancock, but no signed example is recorded. The original copper plate survives at the Worcester Factory.
