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Shakespeare Service Fruit Cooler

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Factory	Royal Worcester
Date made	1853
Material	Bone China
Factory Mark	none
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Label	This fruit and wine cooler is from the elegant and imaginative service shown at the Dublin Exhibition of 1853. The enamel medallions were painted by Thomas Bott and the figures modelled by W.B.Kirk.
Description	Large circular tureen type base with two handles A basin sits in the top with a fitted cover for use as an ice cream or sorbet holder. Alternatively a collar and wine amphora can sit in the top of the same base. Decorated with raised white and unglazsed Classical creatures and a background of thousands of gold dots. Small enamel portraits represent Tragedy, Comedy and Shakespeare.
Provenance	From the Works Museum Collection
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Designer/Craftsman	William Boyton Kirk
Painter name	Thomas Bott
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Other craftsmen name	Richard William Binns
Museum No	2245

Shakespeare Service Fruit Cooler