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William Shakespeare “1564–1616”;“SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHPLACE
Cast Metal Wall Sign Plaques
Stratford England Souvenir
Threaded Base
These are Shakespeare souvenir wall hangers plaques hooks/coat hooks, almost certainly sold as a matched pair. The threaded sockets at the bottom originally accepted screw-in hooks or pegs, which are now missing.
One depicts William Shakespeare with “SHAKESPEARE 1564–1616”; the other depicts the half-timbered “SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHPLACE” in Stratford-upon-Avon. That identification fits the actual Henley Street birthplace, now operated by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Cast metal with a bronze/brass-colored finish, rather than solid bronze. The backs look like castings, Early-to-mid 20th century, perhaps c. 1920s–1950s,
Vintage Shakespeare Birthplace Cast Metal Wall Hook Pair Stratford England Souvenir
“C & A” mark is Marked C & A (with additional numbers/letters).
The two designs make perfect sense as a Shakespeare souvenir set: Shakespeare 1564–1616 and Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon. Shakespeare portrait/birthplace pairings were a long-established souvenir theme; the Ashmolean even catalogs 19th-century Shakespeare commemoratives pairing his portrait with his birthplace.
