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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 208195, member: 55&quot;]I&#039;m wondering if the first item and possible the second might be a casting, and not carved wood; or perhaps stone, even.</p><p>A photo of the bottom might help, if you were interested in comments on that aspect.</p><p><br /></p><p>The color is very dark and uniform, and currently ebony is very hard to find without some lighter streaks.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is possible to dye ebony; but if these are ebony I&#039;d guess they are older, from a time when ebony was darker.&nbsp; These are also more glossy than most ebony carvings I&#039;ve seen; and I&#039;ve carved musical instrument bridges from ebony, and did not get this kind of gloss.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, do the items seem very heavy for their size?&nbsp; If you wanted to put them in water, would they float or sink?</p><p>Ebony is very slightly more dense than water, and good-quality ebony will sink; I would not be surprised if some pieces of modern ebony floated though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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