Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! John Skeaping How to Draw Horses lava-like glazes

lava-like glazes

but which now I think would make an excellent pair of bookends

75" diameter at base

with its four posted winder standing upright

pens and assorted supplies

Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! John Skeaping How to Draw Horses lava-like glazesWhat 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