A Victorian brass needlecase in the form of a butterfly, with hinged wings, on a leaf base, the reverse with design registration patent for October 4th, 1871, stamped W. AVERY & SON REDDITCH.

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A Victorian brass needlecase in the form of a butterfly, with hinged wings, on a leaf base, the reverse with design registration patent for October 4th, 1871, stamped W. AVERY & SON REDDITCH.

Literature

Victorian Brass Needle Cases, Estelle Horowitz & Ruth Mann, plates 18,19,44.

Lot Essay

Similar examples are illustrated, Needlework Tools & Accessories: A Collector's Guide, Molly Proctor, 1990, page 16.
The Needleworker's dictionary, Pamela Clabburn, 1976, page 154.
An Illustrated History of Needlework Tools, Gay Ann Rogers, 1983, plate 50.

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