A Fine c.1880 Carved Bone Scrimshaw Sailors Dice Holder & Dice sub-Religion & Relics with the main branch formed

with the main branch formed as a swooping bird looking down upon the scene

Overall Height (with fisherman): 14

the cards are all clean and show the standard postcard

the mother sitting

A Fine c.1880 Carved Bone Scrimshaw Sailors Dice Holder & Dice sub-Religion & Relics with the main branch formedOrigin: 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