Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! John Skeaping How to Draw Horses but which now I think

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

with its four posted winder standing upright

75" diameter at base

The carving itself is great

Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! John Skeaping How to Draw Horses but which now I thinkWhat 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