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wonderful works of art.
il sir, IVnowing that many very minute objects have
been performed by art, I transmit you the following hand-
bill, as it was actually published by Mr. Boverick, in the
Strand, in the year 1745, and another nearly of the same
date. Your’s, &c.—J. J.B.”
To be seen at Mr. Boverick’s, Watchmaker, at the Dial,
facing Old Round Court, near the New Exchange, in
the Strand, at One Shilling each Person,
The little furniture of a dining-room; consisting of a
dining-table, with a cloth laid, two figures seated as at din-
ner; a footman waiting; a card table, which opens with a
drawer in it; frame and castors ; looking glass; two dozen
of dishes, twenty dozen of plates, thirty dozen of spoons;
and twelve skeleton-back chairs with claw feet.—All the
above particulars are contained in a cherry-stone.
A landau, which opens and shuts by springs, hanging on
braces, with four persons sitting therein; a crane-neck car-
riage, the wheels turning on their axles, coachman’s box,
&c. of ivory; together with six horses and their furniture ;
a coachman on the box, a dog between his legs, the reins in
one hand, and whip in the other; two footmen behind, and
a postilion on the leading horse, in their proper liveries:
all so minute as to be drawn along by a flea.—It has been
shewn to the Royal Society, and several persons of dis-
tinction.
The curious little four-wheel open chaise, with the figure
of a man in it; all made of ivory, drawn by a flea, which
performs all the offices of a large chaise, as running of the
wheels, locking, &c.; weighing but one grain.—Shewn
to the Royal Family, and several of the Nobility and
Gentry.
A flea, chained by a chain of 200 links, with a padlock
and key, curiously wrought; the chain and flea, padlock
and key, weighing but one-third of a grain.
p A camel,
wonderful works of art.
il sir, IVnowing that many very minute objects have
been performed by art, I transmit you the following hand-
bill, as it was actually published by Mr. Boverick, in the
Strand, in the year 1745, and another nearly of the same
date. Your’s, &c.—J. J.B.”
To be seen at Mr. Boverick’s, Watchmaker, at the Dial,
facing Old Round Court, near the New Exchange, in
the Strand, at One Shilling each Person,
The little furniture of a dining-room; consisting of a
dining-table, with a cloth laid, two figures seated as at din-
ner; a footman waiting; a card table, which opens with a
drawer in it; frame and castors ; looking glass; two dozen
of dishes, twenty dozen of plates, thirty dozen of spoons;
and twelve skeleton-back chairs with claw feet.—All the
above particulars are contained in a cherry-stone.
A landau, which opens and shuts by springs, hanging on
braces, with four persons sitting therein; a crane-neck car-
riage, the wheels turning on their axles, coachman’s box,
&c. of ivory; together with six horses and their furniture ;
a coachman on the box, a dog between his legs, the reins in
one hand, and whip in the other; two footmen behind, and
a postilion on the leading horse, in their proper liveries:
all so minute as to be drawn along by a flea.—It has been
shewn to the Royal Society, and several persons of dis-
tinction.
The curious little four-wheel open chaise, with the figure
of a man in it; all made of ivory, drawn by a flea, which
performs all the offices of a large chaise, as running of the
wheels, locking, &c.; weighing but one grain.—Shewn
to the Royal Family, and several of the Nobility and
Gentry.
A flea, chained by a chain of 200 links, with a padlock
and key, curiously wrought; the chain and flea, padlock
and key, weighing but one-third of a grain.
p A camel,