Intricate 19th C. Bellows Shaped Bone Pin Keep wax bacon stakes and odds for playing

stakes and odds for playing roulette in Monte Carlo

I believe it was just made as a prop

I think it's a pretty terrific frog to begin with

this was an art form practiced largely by young women

Intricate 19th C. Bellows Shaped Bone Pin Keep wax bacon stakes and odds for playingA pretty amazing little thing one would think for holding very special pins, and not too many of them! I found a similar one listed as Napoleonic prisoner of war, French c. 1830s, but I don't actually think it is that; I would guess Victorian mid 19th c. Quite finely made whatever the case, with hand stitching holding the two carved bone faces together, with a bit of stuffing covered in red fabric in between. 2 5 8" l x 1" w x 7 16" d. Good condition,