Bartmann jugs were commonly made in the Rhineland region of Germany in the 16th and 17th centuries and the name is taken from the German word Bartmann meaning ‘bearded man’
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust gardens contain three different statues depicting Shakespeare's famous character, Falstaff. Discover these sculptures and the differences between them.
This blog is about an oak chest of around 1575, carved with figures from classical and biblical mythology. The chest is probably French and the figures depict Lucretia, Mars and Judith.
For this final post for this series, our Access and Interpretation Coordinator, Anna Griffiths, looks at Edmund, the bastard son of Gloucester in William Shakespeare's King Lear.
The terms ‘posset cup’ and ‘posset pot’ were used to refer to a range of vessels that were designed to hold posset, a restorative drink.
Victoria Jackson
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