This
is a "studio model," from the Delande company archives, the
main purpose of which would have been to serve as a model from which
dies would have been made
using a reducing machine. Only a very limited number of studio models
would have been made with just a few being sold, disseminated or used
for special purposes. In
some cases, only one "master" studio model would have been created with
the
artist or manufacturer choosing not to retain or disperse other
examples, using it purely in the process of die-making.