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Tragedy

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Factory Royal Worcester
Date made 1853
Material Parian
Factory Mark Standard crown & circle mark
Mark Type Impressed
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Label Figure of Tragedy, one of a pair modelled by William Boyton Kirk to accompany the Shakespeare service at the Dublin Exhibition of 1853.
Description Figure of a woman in Classical dress leaning against part of a column, a dagger in her right hand and her left hand on her hip.
Provenance From the Works Museum Collection
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Height 18 1/2 inches
Designer/Craftsman William Boyton Kirk
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Museum No 3108

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