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English Brass Nutcrackers

Date :     Early 20th Century
Size :      12 cms long
Marks :    'PEERAGE' 'ENGLAND'

This nutcracker depicts, on one side, Fagin with a finger to his nose, clutching a bag of money and on the other, Bill Sykes holding a cudgel . Harrods sold this nutcracker for 5/3 (26 pence) in 1928. A fairly common nutcracker, later versions exist marked 'Peerage MADE IN ENGLAND' behind Sykes and 'Peerage ENGLAND' behind the scroll at the end of the Sykes lever.

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