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Subject:Help deciding if this is ivory or not judging by the base
Posted By: Lindsey Sat, Apr 09, 2016 IP: 71.201.151.62
I purchased these 3 wise men online and they are being delivered on Tuesday . I need help deciding from looking at the bottom of them if they are ivory or not.



Subject:Re: Help deciding if this is ivory or not judging by the base
Posted By: Stan Sun, Apr 10, 2016
See link below.

Cheers,
Stan

URL Title :Identify Ivory


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Subject:Re: Help deciding if this is ivory or not judging by the base
Posted By: Jim W Sun, Apr 10, 2016
This photo downloaded as a 42 KB jpeg. For some unknown reason my photo editor cannot see it, but Windows Photo Reader can, so I can only enlarge it.
I can find no Schreger lines suggesting ivory. A photo of the figures might help.

Subject:Re: Help deciding if this is ivory or not judging by the base
Posted By: Lindsey Mon, Apr 11, 2016
Thank you so much for all of the responses!! They arrive tomorrow and I plan on investigating them up close and doing the pin test if I still can't tell. Thank you again!!

Lindsey

Subject:Re: Help deciding if this is ivory or not judging by the base
Posted By: Gman Sun, Apr 10, 2016
Sorry,
but it is impossible to tell based on this photograph. However, from the marks on the bottom of the piece to the left which appears to be marks from a sander, I would guess that these pieces are not ivory.

Cheers
Gman

Subject:Re: Help deciding if this is ivory or not judging by the base
Posted By: Ernest Wilhelm Sun, Apr 10, 2016
The left one has been altered to look like lines, or something. The other two look blank , no Schreger lines either. I must assume that, going by your pictures, they are made with a composite material
Ernest

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