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Reference: S11547
Period: Victorian
Year: 1894
Silversmith: Saunders and Shepherd
Place: Birmingham
Price: $ 320.00
Weight: 29 grams
Dimensions: 10.2 cm by 7.8 cm
Condition: Good, tiny pinprick hole on Toby's nose, probably from when it was stamped.
Description: A Victorian silver "Mr. PUNCH" pin tray, small and dainty but with a lot of detail in the design. This design was originally used in 1849 on Punch Magazine, the artist was Richard Doyle (Punch magazine was first published in 1841, some commentators refer to this picture as from the first edition, which is incorrect). The tray is rectangular, with a shell and scroll border, embossed with "PUNCH" above Mr. Punch painting his dog Toby, surrounded by 17 different figures (monkeys, a group of musicians, and someone riding a donkey, even a devil popping out of a cornucopia!). The easel between Punch and Toby is not clear on the front, but can be clearly seen on the back of the tray, we suspect the die was worn when this was produced, rather than wear since then. The tray is stamped out of quite thin silver, and was clearly mass produced as a novelty for the Victorian market where the "Punch and Judy' show was very popular. The hallmarks are clearly struck at the base of the design, including makers mark CSFS for Cornelius Saunders & Francis Shepherd, who worked between 1885 and 1921. We have noted other examples of this tray, dated between 1894 and 1907, all the same design but by many different silversmiths, including Durham & Co, A&J Zimmerman, and LB&M, so this was clearly a popular item.
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