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Mulberry wood casket

Description

Late eighteenth or early nineteenth-century mulberry-wood casket made by John Marshall; on the front 'Shakespeare's Mulberry Wood'; around the rim 'My Fortune's here, give me the key for this and instantly unlock'; on the lid a carving of vine leaves and Shakespeare's arms and crest.

  • Marks & inscriptions

    Shakespeare's Mulberry Wood. My Fortune's here, give me the key for this and instantly unlock,