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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 75556, member: 25&quot;]It is what is usually called a &#039;piano key miniature&#039; because allegedly old piano keys were used to make the ivory surround.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pictures are hand painted in watercolour on ivory sheets, and date from the late 19th, early 20th C. Long before the deadline for ivory being illegal to trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is absolutely typical that the paper on the back was from an 18th or early 19th C book, this was to give an impression that the item was much older than it is. We have a reproduction that is now an antique in&nbsp; its own right.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are fairly popular and fetch about £50 give or take, so you have something of an ethical dilemma there.It is framed in ivory and painted on ivory, which I expect is not something the&nbsp; RSPCA wants to be selling, but at the same time there is a useful chunk of money for the funds.</p><p><br /></p><p>No&nbsp; problem, just send it to me to take care of. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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