Are there schreger lines? Zooming in kinda looks like it. Funky cool that the pawns are mortar & pestles.
...it might be ivory but in handling it, I’m not so sure. I see no Schreger lines and it feels very light weight. The setting appears to be brass....
...like ivory to me. I also think I see ivory lines on the left (her head?). I don't mean Schreger lines, but the linear structure of ivory. [ATTACH]
Ivory/teeth and should have schreger lines and ivory fluoresces under UV light. Experts can actually tell you which animal the ivory is from by...
...It she is ivory, you might be able to find the diagnostic schreger lines on the base, on the top surface of the base she is kneeling on, and/or...
Preparing for the next ivory battle?;) My money is on you.:smuggrin: [IMG]
...Brown I'm saving some of your pix for use the next time we get into an 'is it ivory & is that a Schreger line' discussion. Such a great example.
Also, the missing shoe under her bottom is something I can relate to, “where’s my phone?” look everywhere, still can’t find it...then the light...
...ivory has the same characteristics as African elephant ivory. The Schreger lines are best seen on rounded areas, which your boxes don't have...
...pieces I can't see one example. This clearly demonstrates using schreger lines as a way of proving a item is ivory is hit and miss at best, in...
Which is what I have said - absence of easily visible schreger lines does not mean an object is not ivory, but if you do see them it is a positive...
...Canton puzzles, I don't have a close up photo but there are no Schreger lines, and if what you say is correct then they should be visible on...
...able to see the lines on the bottom of the feet.The outside layer is plainly visible and maybe the Schreger lines have been bleached by some...
...highly polished. These are the least likely to show visible schreger lines. Have you examined the edges of these pieces under magnification?...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] As you can see all of these are antique.
These are just a few examples of antique ivory I own that have no schreger lines at all. The theory must be incorrect or they are only visible on...
All elephant ivory has the structures that appear as schreger lines - it is the way it grows, and is a unique characteristic of elephant ivory....
I have lots of ivory from India and none has "schreger lines"
...ivory, can make a determination on what we see. For me, the schreger lines are there, and the knife cuts are there and the cracking from age...
...ivory, look for a subtle pattern of cross hatching, known as "schreger lines" (after the fellow who first described them in the scientific...
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