A pair of exceptional 19th century finely carved ivory figures of a young man and woman in 18th century formal attire, her bonnet with large curved ostrich feather plumes and bow, her short open jacket with ballooning arms, bow to her waist, fan to her right hand, a bag hangs from her arm, the gent. with bicorn hat, wide pointed cravat, his jacket with exaggerated lapels and flared cut sections, he holds a spiral cane to his left hand, both raised on tall plain cylindrical columns and stepped ringed ivory bases. Height overall 25.5 cm