A Charming 18thC Italian Naïvely Carved Bone Token; 'ALDO ME FECIT' sub-Antiques The Silkworm moth (Bombyx mori

The Silkworm moth (Bombyx mori Latr

which is carried about with the worshiper

the bird has sat on his mantelpiece ever since

now masquerading as a decorative pleasure

the surface of the skull can be read as an index of psychological aptitudes and tendencies

A Charming 18thC Italian Naïvely Carved Bone Token; 'ALDO ME FECIT' sub-Antiques The Silkworm moth (Bombyx moriOrigin: 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