Circular gilt medal, with relief portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Metal, Textile
Measurements
25 mm (H)100 mm (W)86 mm (D)43 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1402971
Summary
Circular gilt medal, with relief portrait of Shakespeare, and inscription 'Charles J. Fox Russell to the boys of Harrow School that Shakespeare may be to them for delight, ornament and ability, 1870'. In red leather case with cream satin and velvet lining.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)