An incredible special collection appeared in the latest episode of Antiques Roadshow.
left one guest delighted after she brought a set of wooden items with links to the famous playwright, William Shakespeare.
“And then he chopped up the trunk and the logs and they were dispersed amongst local wood turners and carvers, one of whom was called George Cooper. And George Cooper started making souvenirs to sell to people that visited Stratford called Bardolatry, and these two are such items.”He continued: “They've got Shakespeare's coat of arms here and his face, a portrait there, an ink box, it opens up and it's got compartments there to take ink and pens….
The guest replied: “My grandfather took it back to Old England, and they put it on a silver platter because the gentry would be having duck for their dinner. And they would lift it up, and the duck was there, along with the funeral card.” The funeral card, which came with the duck, read: “In memory of a wooden duck, brutally done to death on Lake Windermere on the 28th day of February 1908 by three cold-blooded poachers, namely The Major, The Parson and Joe.
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