Souvenir Thimble

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Date:1975 - 1999 (c.)

Description:This pewter thimble features an image of Shakespeare, which seems to be a simplified version of the Chesterfield portrait. His date of birth has been erroneously given as 1660.

Made late twentieth-century

Identity number SBT 1990-16/19


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1840s
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1900s
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1950s
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1960s
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1990s
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