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Jewellery/Accessories: SP0007
Title
William Shakespeare
Technique
Metalwork
Subject
Artist
Dimensions
Height: 6.1cm
Width: 2.4cm
Depth: 1.3cm
Width: 2.4cm
Depth: 1.3cm
Other materials
Brass tobacco tamper
Inscription/signature
["Brass Shakespeare / Stamp" (accompanying note)]
Provenance
The M.H. Spielmann Collection; given to the Garrick Club by Lincoln Kirstein, 1983
Other number
Gift 906
Related works
See SP0008
Literature
Ashton (with the help of Gertrud Seidmann), "The M H Spielmann Collection of Shakespeare Portraits." c.1982. Unpublished manuscript in the Garrick Club Library, Garrick Club Box 4, No.7
A cast brass tobacco tamper showing a bust of Shakespeare in profile looking to left. It's sophiticated detailing is rather worn and there are traces of vigorous filing on the flat reverse.
