A Fine c.1860 Collection of Carved Bone Alphabet Letters Within a Turned Ivory Box sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles or any of the various

or any of the various embellishments produced to persuade the growing Victorian middles classes to part with their coins

and a staunch monarchist

this early leader aka a nipper or come along

A very pretty piece

A Fine c.1860 Collection of Carved Bone Alphabet Letters Within a Turned Ivory Box sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles or any of the variousOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 70 Base Diameter of Box: 2. 25 inches The Letters: 0. 5 inches high (average) The small turned ivory box with pull off cover revealing numerous carved bone lettering survives from the middle of the nineteenth century. The alphabet, including an ampersand, is missing five letters, D, J, K, L and Y and the lid of the turned box has become unstuck at one stage and re