拍品 184
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A VICTORIAN NOVELTY BISCUIT FROM BIDDENDEN KENT
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A VICTORIAN NOVELTY BISCUIT FROM BIDDENDEN KENT

细节
A VICTORIAN NOVELTY BISCUIT FROM BIDDENDEN KENT
Moulded with a pair of sisters and inscribed 'ELIZ AND MARY CHULKHURST BIDDENDENN'
4¼in. (10.7cm.)
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拍品专文

On Easter Sunday at Biddenden, Kent, an endowment allowed the distributuion of cakes to the Parishioners. These cakes were impressed with a pair of sisters. The village tradition asserts that they were Siamese twins who died within hours of each other at the age of thirty. A hand-bill entitled 'A short but concise Account of Elizabeth and Mary Chalkhurst' relates the story.