Glorious Victorian Bronze Pig Pen Wipe

This Bronze Pig Pen Wipe has impressed on his head the name 'Dinant' which I believe is a beautiful small town in Belgium with a history of artisanship in Bronze, Brass and Copper product. So it is likely that this little guy would have been a Souvenir Gift from a Grand Tour of Europe. In fact he is not so little measuring approx 4" in length. He is large and solid with I think a wonderful naive quality to him with his large body, his pointed snout and the two simple circles for eyes, but it is those ears for me they simply shout 'Pig'. The bristles sitting in the pig which one would have cleaned one's nib through are like most Pen Wipes of this age likely to be made of Hog Hair.