This box is a porcelain what i would call a trinket box. the top lifts off. has no chips or cracks.
the markings on the bottom are, in the porcelain Mayfair, centered on one side. below ont he other side is Made in england. Between those marks is a stamp resembeling a globe with a ribbon through the center. in the ribbon it has the artists name ARTHUR WOOD. on the top of the stamp it says Quality, bottom of stamp says Made In England . On the bottom right hand corneryhe numbers 3394 are hand painted in gold.
The bottom edge and the edge of the top are trimed with gold. On one side of the box it says.
William Shake spear. Centerd below this it says Born 1564. below that it says Quadricential.below that it says 1964.
on the lift off top it has a hand drawn house that takes up most of the top , says below the house Shakespears Birth Place.
