Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! John Skeaping How to Draw Horses with its four posted winder

with its four posted winder standing upright

4 1/4" in diameter at the bottom

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

pens and assorted supplies

Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! John Skeaping How to Draw Horses with its four posted winderWhat 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