A Fine c.1860 Collection of Carved Bone Alphabet Letters Within a Turned Ivory Box sub-Antiques published in 1952

published in 1952

Once upon a time it was even home to "a surprising large fish

with each mirror there are grooves to some flanks and recesses to others with ball bearing mechanisms meaning that at least two of the mirrors were part of a sliding door or panelled wall

and just like this example

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A Fine c.1860 Collection of Carved Bone Alphabet Letters Within a Turned Ivory Box sub-Antiques published in 1952Origin: 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