This pin box shape was principally made between 1900 and 1930 and the hallmark here dates it to 1925. The maker’s mark ‘WJM&CO stands for William James Myatt & Co, prominent silversmiths based in Birmingham who also had premises in Hatton Garden and even for a time Berlin. Founded in 1895, by 1914 they had around 400 employees and at the 1912 Jewellers' Exhibition, they showcased a selection of around 250 brush and mirror and over 600 photograph frame designs. Severely bombed during the war, they continued production afterwards but moved away from silverwares, finally ceasing to trade in the mid 1950s.