A VICTORIAN ROYAL PRESENTATION SILVER OWL PEPPER CASTOR
Thomas Johnson, 1879, retailed by W. Thornhill & Co., 144 New Bond Street
With realistically chased plumage the pierced detachable head with glass button eyes, the reverse with applied plaque inscribed from H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, Sept(?), 1881
2½in (6.3cm) high