A Victorian brass needle case in the form of a bee, with hinged back, resting on a leaf, the underside with design registration patent stamp for June 27, 1872, stamped W. Avery & Son The Bee Case Redditch.

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A Victorian brass needle case in the form of a bee, with hinged back, resting on a leaf, the underside with design registration patent stamp for June 27, 1872, stamped W. Avery & Son The Bee Case Redditch.

Literature

Victorian Brass Needlecases, Estelle Horowitz & Ruth Mann, 1990, plates 1, 44, 65.

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