Carved cassolette made from the wood of Shakespeare's mulberry tree penny pincher View of West Smithfield

View of West Smithfield

costing the lives of 11 of the 20 partcipants

Stepney was the centre of London's Jewish community in the early 20th century

was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1847

Carved cassolette made from the wood of Shakespeare's mulberry tree penny pincher View of West SmithfieldCarved cassolette made from the wood of Shakespeare's mulberry tree, c18th century, (1840). Presented to David Garrick by the corporation of the borough, at the Shakespeare Jubilee, 3 May 1769. Illustration from Historical and Literary Curiosities consisting of Fac similies of Original Documents, by Charles John Smith, (Henry G Bohn, London, 1840).