Brass Shakespeare Bar Set, Corkscrew, Opener and Nutcracker on Nuts & Wine Stand, c. 1930
Brass Shakespeare Bar Set, Corkscrew, Opener and Nutcracker on Nuts & Wine Stand, c. 1930
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A cast brass bar set in honour of William Shakespeare, the corkscrew, bottle opener and nutcracker hanging together from a stand lettered Nuts & Wine at the base. Each piece carries a portrait of Shakespeare in an arched niche above his dates, 1564 to 1616, the figure posed with his hands resting on a cushion after the funerary monument in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, where he is buried. That monument was installed within a few years of his death and is one of only two likenesses generally accepted as authentic. A small shield, probably the Shakespeare arms granted to his father in 1596, sits above each portrait. The corkscrew and bottle opener are fitted with steel working parts, and the nutcracker grips with ribbed brass jaws. Each tool is stamped CBF England, and the underside of the stand is cast England and Rd No 813524, a British registered design number from 1936. Sets of this kind were sold as souvenirs of Stratford-upon-Avon and found a place on sideboards and in bars across Britain. The set is complete, with verdigris in the recesses, an even age to the brass and light surface rust on the steel.
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