A Fine c.1880 Carved Bone Scrimshaw Sailors Dice Holder & Dice sub-Religion & Relics and flowerheads

and flowerheads

There are some signs of an old worm infestation

‘cycle’ and ‘piston rings’

the mother sitting

In Upright Position: 45 inches high

A Fine c.1880 Carved Bone Scrimshaw Sailors Dice Holder & Dice sub-Religion & Relics and flowerheadsOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1875 1900 Width: 1. 5 inches square The beautiful bone dice holder modelled as a dice with scrimshaw carved playing card decoration, sliding cover to reveal compartment containing six bone dice, the side decoration to include the Queen of spades, King of spades and Jack of spades survives from the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Attractively designed and wonderfully