Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! 1967 thinner and crackled in others

thinner and crackled in others

She is carved from one piece of wood

I have put a matte over it approximately matching the cream color of the paper and put it in a simple

The seal is inscribed with two sets of numbers on his underside--the first set crossed out and a second set -- 35759--below them

Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! 1967 thinner and crackled in othersWhat 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