RARE Charley's Aunt 1890s SILVER TRINKET BOX Walker & Hall (depicts W.S. Penley)

Description

A
rare silver trinket box
issued by
Walker & Hall, Sheffield
, in the
1890s
in commemoration of the play
Charley
’
s Aunt
, which was to become one of the one world's longest-running plays.
Charley’s Aunt tells the comic exploits of three Oxford students, two of whom convince the third to pose as an older woman to chaperone for them with girlfriends.
The lid depicts actor
William S. Penley
in drag, crossdressing as the eponymous Aunt Donna Lucia.
2¼″ × 2″ × 1⅛″.
Weighs 1.22 troy ounces (
38 grams
).
Carefully packed; shipped
insured
USPS Priority Mail.