Formed as a puppet stage castelet for the Punch and Judy show, with a drummer in the front, and Toby the dog biting a man to the reverse. Pull off cap section engraved with initial W in Lombardic script. Gilt interior to vesta case, striker to underside of drum and underside of base. Stamped with register design lozenge for 7th June 1879. Engraved to base LEUCHARS & SON 38 & 39 PICCADILLY & 2 RUE DE LA PAIX PARIS. Height - 8.9 cm / 3.5 inches Weight – 150 grams / 4.82 oztNotes:W. J. Judd, The tragical acts, or comical tragedies of Punch and Judy, containing illustrations by the famous British caricaturist George Cruikshank, was published in 1879 by the Happy Hours Company in New York. The frontispiece has a very similar arrangement to this case.