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Commemorative drinks mat/postcard

Description

A combined drinks mat/postcard commemorating the 400th aniversary of Shakespeare's birth, 1964. From One Elm Inn. Featuring a depiction of Shakespeare based on the Droeshoout engraving. Part of a collection of items formerly in the possession of Dr. Levi Fox, Director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust 1945-1989.

  • Object number

    STRST : SBT 2007-11/6

  • Date

    1964

  • Material

    paper card

  • Measurements

  • Length

    117 mm

  • Width

    95 mm

  • Marks & inscriptions

    SHAKESPEARE QUATERCENTENARY 1564-1964, "I have yet room for six scotches more" "ANTONY & CLEOPATRA", White Horse of course!, POST CARD/FOR CORRESPONDENCE/STAMP/FOR ADDRESS ONLY/PLEASE USE BLOCK CAPITALS, HAVE JUST DRUNK YOUR HEALTH AT THE MULBERRY TREE INN IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WAS BORN IN THIS TOWN JUST 400 YEARS AGO. BEST REGARDS...,

  • Place made

    United Kingdom - England - Warwickshire - Stratford-upon-Avon - Guild Street - One Elm

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust