Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! vintage finds This is the original--ink pen

This is the original--ink pen on cream paper/board

Toward the bottom of the short sides of the bottle Chinese characters are carved

I'd probably put it on the desk to use it as a paperweight

of an almost Giacometti-like surfer on long board riding a wave

but turned it upside down to find the name Garland incised on the bottom

Tiny Victorian Carved Bone Egg Charm with Chick! vintage finds This is the original--ink penWhat 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