behold: the matriarch of the parliament. She is BIG and she is adorned and she is wonderful and she is unlike the other carved bone owls I've seen

carved bone with 14k gold and rubies

M E A S U R E M E N T S

measures 50mm north to south excluding bails

weighs a whopping 23.6g!

C O N D I T I O N

in good vintage condition

it's a bit on the dirty side, but both my jeweler and I were afraid to give it a bath for fearing of weakening the jewelers glues and cements that hold the adornments in place

the carving is free from mentionable chips, but there are cracks up either side where the head feathers meet the bath feathers — because the cracks are on both sides and following the line of carving, I suspect this is an original quirk, not damage

one of the rubies has surface damage

both crescent-shaped eyebrows were recently removed and re-glued to be sure that they're securely in place

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