Group of Cast and Rolled Brass Articles, Likely English, Late 18th/Early 19th Century

comprising two rolled and punched oval trays, a soap box and a shoe horn, together with a white metal telescoping wick; (5 pieces).

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For a near identical shoe horn, see: Donald L. Fennimore, Metalwork in Early American, (Winterthur, Delaware: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., 1996), p. 358, cat. no. 246a.