Antique blue & white souvenir plate Samuel Hancock with portrait William Shakespeare order 1904

Antique blue & white souvenir plate Samuel Hancock with portrait William Shakespeare Charger 1904.

Plate 1904 (made)

Sampson Hancock & Sons (makers)

PLACE OF ORIGIN

This souvenir plate illustrated with an image of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) features a copy of his signature, and around the rim six views of places in Stratford-upon-Avon with which he was associated: the room in which he was born; the exterior of his house; Anne Hathaway's cottage; a view of the town and the river; the church where order he was buried, and the first Shakespeare Memorial Theatre which opened in 1879 but burned down in March 1926.

Souvenir plate commemorating William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and places with which he was associated. Glazed earthenware made by Sampson Hancock & Sons, Staffordshire, ca.1904

Glazed earthenware plate illustrated in shades of blue with, centre, an image of Shakespeare and his signature, and around the raised edges with six views of places in Stratford-upon-Avon associated with him - clockwise from top centre: the room in which he was born; the exterior of Shakespeare's house; Ann Hathaway's cottage; a view of the town and the river; the church where Shakespeare was born, and the Memorial Theatre, painted in underglaze blue with a decorative patterned border around the central image of Shakespeare and the edge of the rim.

Diameter: 10.25 inches (26cm)

MARKS AND INSCRIPTIONS

'SHAKESPEARE.' (underglaze mark on base in blue above a crown.)

'OPAQUE CHINA S H & S ENGLAND Reg. no 425264' (Marked on base in underglaze blue, below the crown.)

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