A Fine c.1860 Collection of Carved Bone Alphabet Letters Within a Turned Ivory Box sub-Antiques The first would have bore

The first would have bore an extract of the Iris family or Iridaceae

The description 'six-pounder' refers the weight of a solid shot (popularly known as a cannon ball) fired this type of gun

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

but the face

with turned handles

A Fine c.1860 Collection of Carved Bone Alphabet Letters Within a Turned Ivory Box sub-Antiques The first would have boreOrigin: 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