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

The carving itself is great

with its four posted winder standing upright

such that I would likely just find a good place to display it--and turn it around occasionally to get a different view

where he was also Professor of Sculpture

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