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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 11389682, member: 2844&quot;]Agree. You can find ivory on fine 19th century Syrian and North African furniture sometimes. </p><p>But this isn&#039;t an antique piece, and camel bone is used a lot in Middle Eastern inlay. Ivory would probably be too expensive nowadays for a nice souvenir from a country that has no native elephants.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking at inlaid ring boxes from Egypt the other day, as a pretty gift box option for ethnic rings I sell. I could get them new for 5-10 euro, and cheaper if I ordered 20. </p><p>So even though this inlay work is beautifully detailed and true handwork, present day pieces are not considered upmarket enough to add ivory, besides, most inlay pieces are made for export, so it isn&#039;t worth taking the risk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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