'Old paper label attached to object reads "Benin 3778 15/-"
Second paper label attached to object reads 'Bangle B---[may read Benin or Brass]/ * Bt S.G. Fenton 1906'.
Fenton's antique dealers established a well-known 'Old Curiosity Shop' in the mid 19th century in Bury St. Edmunds. George Fenton was trading at 5 & 6 Meat Market, Bury St. Edmunds in 1855.
By 1888, if not earlier, they had opened 'The Old Curiosity Shop' in London, 11, New Oxford Street, where Samuel G. Fenton was trading as Fenton and Sons. Letters to Gen. Pitt Rivers, regarding potential new acquisition are addressed from Fenton and Sons on Oxford Street and are dated to 1888.
See http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/rpr/index.php/primary-documents-index/16-second-collection-1880-1900/659-pitt-rivers-and-fentons/index.html
See also Antique Dealers: the British Antique Trade in the 20th Century, https://antiquetrade.leeds.ac.uk/dealerships/36132 Both accessed 2/10/2018.
Catalogue card reads, in blue ink: "Z 25694 | AFRICA | S. Nigeria / BENIN / Iron bracelet decorated with 4 carved human face (in brass?) / B' S.G. Fenton (?)"
Red circular sticker in bottom right of catalogue card.