A Large Collection of Mid-19thC Carved Bone Alphabet Letters c.1860 sub-Curios there were three Graces in

there were three Graces in Greek Mythology: Aglaia

He hoped that this might prove to be a means of releasing suppressed associations and images from the subliminal

Pairs of lions are still common decorative and symbolic elements at the entrances to restaurants

by Sir John Pratt

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A Large Collection of Mid-19thC Carved Bone Alphabet Letters c.1860 sub-Curios there were three Graces inanOrigin: English Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 70 The Letters: 0. 5 inches high (average) The wonderful collection of 134 carved bone letters in total, each hand made, the group with one complete alphabet, surviving from the high Victorian period and contained in a later tin box. The collection and the box are in as good as condition as you could wish, with a beautiful mellow patination to the bone, varying piece to piece.