Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! densely carved and I really love this

and I really love this book

with one tiny chip in the glaze on the back of the bird's neck

as documented--very minor

and often several of them together

who had some truly fabulous things

Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! densely carved and I really love thisWhat 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