ART NOUVEAU Wm. KERR STERLING SILVER PIN TRAY DISH ‘VIDE POCHE’ MAIDEN “MINTY”

The small dish or tray could hold either nuts or mints and it could also serve as a “Vide Poche.”. The purpose of the vide poche was basically to serve as a sort of valet tray to hold loose change, keys, fobs, rings or trinkets.