can anyone help identify an antique object?

KatieG | 12:14 Wed 18th Jun 2008 | History

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I am trying to identify the correct name of an object that has been in my family for over 100 years. It is a very small ivory/bone object which looks like a bobbin, however, when you look through one end you can see a tiny photograph of my great-grandmother. I estimate that it's late Victorian.

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Hi Cheeky Chick - is exactly what this is! Brilliant! Thank you so much. x

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