Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! John Skeaping How to Draw Horses where he was also Professor

where he was also Professor of Sculpture

75" diameter at base

pens and assorted supplies

4 1/4" in diameter at the bottom

with its four posted winder standing upright

Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! John Skeaping How to Draw Horses where he was also ProfessorWhat 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