Lot Essay
A similar example is shown, An Illustrated History of Needlework Tools, Gay Ann Rogers, plate 50.
Details
A Victorian brass pin box in the form of a crab on a platter, the underside stamped W. AVERY & SON REDDITCH.
Literature
Victorian Brass Needlecases, Estelle Horowitz & Ruth Mann, 1990, plate 61 and cover.