A Charming 18thC Italian Naïvely Carved Bone Token; 'ALDO ME FECIT' sub-Antiques Often he was involved in

Often he was involved in quarrels when in flocks

with turned front legs united by an H-stretcher

Wonderfully decorative and of a good vintage

The pair of stuffed chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)

also known as plantation or louvre shutters are so called supposedly after Louis XIV’s favourite pastimes

A Charming 18thC Italian Naïvely Carved Bone Token; 'ALDO ME FECIT' sub-Antiques Often he was involved inOrigin: Italian Period: Early Mid Eighteenth Century Provenance: Private Collection, South West England; acquired in the 1990's. Date: c. 1700 50 Diameter: 1 inch Weight: 0. 85 grams The small disc shaped token decorated with a naively carved male face with beady pale grey eyes, darkened long hair and beard, bearing the inscription `ALDO ME FECIT` (`Aldo Made Me`) survives from eighteenth century Italy. Condition is superb with a wonderful patination