Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! John Skeaping How to Draw Horses pens and assorted supplies

pens and assorted supplies

5 " wide x 2

such that I would likely just find a good place to display it--and turn it around occasionally to get a different view

with its four posted winder standing upright

75" diameter at base

Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! John Skeaping How to Draw Horses pens and assorted suppliesWhat a charming and curious thing! This little carved bone egg, with gold loop at top for wearing on a chain, screws open to reveal a teeny tiny carved chick inside! Since finding this one, I've found a few others online like it, and learned that they were a bit of a thing during the Victorian era some plain like this one, others painted on the exterior, as well as a few with little windows carved in the side of the egg to allow a peek at the chick