Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! densely carved and often several of them

and often several of them together

and then there is the child next to a totem pole

This is a beautiful large pantry box

and really love the shape of it

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

Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! densely carved and often several of themWhat 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