GERALD BENNEY: A prototype electroformed silver beaker, to celebrate the International Shakespeare Globe Centre
GERALD BENNEY: A prototype electroformed silver beaker, to celebrate the International Shakespeare Globe Centre
underside only impressed 'GERALD BENNEY LONDON', circa 1984
Cylindrical form, with band depicting the outside of the Globe Theatre, inscribed 'THE INTERNATIONAL SHAKESPEARE GLOBE CENTRE', bark-effect textured surface lower body, gilded interior, height 9.8cm.
Several projects helped Sam Wanamaker raise funds for his project to recreate Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. The example of this beaker is illustrated in the book Gerald Benney, Goldsmith: The story of fifty years at the bench by Graham Hughes
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The Benney Family Private Collection
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GERALD BENNEY: A prototype electroformed silver beaker, to celebrate the International Shakespeare Globe Centre
underside only impressed 'GERALD BENNEY LONDON', circa 1984
Cylindrical form, with band depicting the outside of the Globe Theatre, inscribed 'THE INTERNATIONAL SHAKESPEARE GLOBE CENTRE', bark-effect textured surface lower body, gilded interior, height 9.8cm.
Several projects helped Sam Wanamaker raise funds for his project to recreate Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. The example of this beaker is illustrated in the book Gerald Benney, Goldsmith: The story of fifty years at the bench by Graham Hughes
Provenance
The Benney Family Private Collection
.
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Time, Location
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