Museum
Wooden Shakespeare medallion
Description
A wooden stamped medallion; obverse shows a crudely carved image of Shakespeare's head in profile with the words 'Shakespeare's Wood Stratford upon avon' stamped around it. The reverse of the medallion shows a carved image of Shakespeare's family crest (a shield with 2 spears) with the words 'Shakespeare's Wood Sharp Stratford upon avon' stamped around it. The medallion is kept in a shallow, circular wooden box with a separate lid.