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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Elizabethan Penknife
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Read about the 17th century penknife held in the collections at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Sweet Bag
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Take a look at this 16th century purse or 'sweet bag'
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Side Saddle
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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust holds in its collections a decorated leather and velvet side-saddle made sometime in the 1550s.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Blackwork Coif
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Peter Hewitt explores this coif, or ladies bonnet-style cap, which was probably made in the early 1600s
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Cupping Glass
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The cupping glass was a medical device in use throughout the early modern period, and which in fact has origins stretching back to ancient Egypt and China.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Baby's Rattle
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This rattle, possibly Elizabethan, is made with a shaped piece of bone for teething at the top, and four copper alloy bells are attached just below to entertain the child.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Posy Trenchers
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Victoria Jackson explains the practical and symbolic use of trenchers in Shakespeare's day.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Cushion Cover
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Elizabeth Sharrett looks at the significance of biblical imagery in Tudor embroidery.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Marriage Portrait?
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This 17th century portrait of an unknown couple is a mysterious item from the collections. Peter Hewitt explores who the couple could be.
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Shakespeare in a 100 Objects: Solstice Dish
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Posted on the night of the winter solstice, this post recalls seasonal celebrations of a very different kind, conjured up by the survival of a very special little dish from the SBT Collections.
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Shakespeare’s Stratford and the 1553 Royal Charter
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In this Monarchy in the Archives post I'm looking at a very significant record in the history of Stratford-upon-Avon: a Royal Charter of 1553.
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Video Tour of Shakespeare's New Place
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Video: Take a look around at Shakespeare's New Place
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The First World War, Shakespeare and Stratford
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Last week saw the installation and opening of our new exhibition at Hall’s Croft; ‘The First World War, Shakespeare and Stratford’.
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Book Signing: The Shakespeare Ladies Club
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Join us in the Shakespeare Bookshop for a book signing with the authors of The Shakespeare Ladies Club: The Forgotten Women Who Rescued the Bawdy Bard.
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3-Minute Shakespeare - King Lear
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Watch an animated summary of Shakespeare's King Lear
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The Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: September
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Dusk creeps in earlier-and-earlier, leaves turn colour minute-by-minute. September - a month of change, harvesting and clearing.
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Meet the Distinguished Visitors to Shakespeare's Birthplace
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive, and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books, including one Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the pre-Raphaelite artist.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Grain Ark
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A late 16th or early 17th century grain ark from the collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Livery Cupboard
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Find out where the Tudors stored their midnight snacks...
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Linen Sheet
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White embroidered linen played an integral role in the early modern death ritual, as a tool in the spiritual preparation of an individual for the afterlife.