A Fine c.1860 Collection of Carved Bone Alphabet Letters Within a Turned Ivory Box sub-Antiques what with the spurious date

what with the spurious date to the reverse

Unexpectedly decorative

Of an unusual design

with his plastic cigar

azure blue and ivory

A Fine c.1860 Collection of Carved Bone Alphabet Letters Within a Turned Ivory Box sub-Antiques what with the spurious dateOrigin: 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