Wooden chest : (Supposedly made from Shakespeare's mulberry tree)
- Creator
- Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (former owner)
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (author)
- Form
- artifacts (object genre)
- Collection
- Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 9.5 x 21.5 cm.
- Notes
- Play: The Merchant of Venice
- Carved with the "Shake-spear" shield and a quotation from _Merchant of Venice_: "Give me the key for this and instantly unlock my fortunes here." Velvet inside and on bottom.
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, A/Sh200.14 A, Box
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Physical Object
- Identifier
- (FURNESSTHEATER)furness_ash200_14_a
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