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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 123626, member: 44&quot;]Here is a box set of silverplated Harrison Bros &amp; Howson fish servers with sterling mounts and Carter&#039;s something or other saying the handles are ivory. Mind you, one certainly couldn&#039;t prove the handles are ivory, celluloid, or bone by me!</p><p><br /></p><p>The top row, far right, keep clicking the image for a larger pic:</p><p><a href="http://www.carters.com.au/index.cfm/index/5640-fish-servers-silver-plate/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.carters.com.au/index.cfm/index/5640-fish-servers-silver-plate/" rel="nofollow">http://www.carters.com.au/index.cfm/index/5640-fish-servers-silver-plate/</a></p><p>or directly to the image:</p><p><a href="http://img.carters.com.au/25fa52d1cab3a3e58808aaa201f87758.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img.carters.com.au/25fa52d1cab3a3e58808aaa201f87758.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img.carters.com.au/25fa52d1cab3a3e58808aaa201f87758.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s is an 1885 Sheffield sterling set by them with the handles looking almost identical to yours that the seller is claiming are ivory.</p><p><a href="http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/antique-victorian-pair-of-sterling-silver-and-ivory-handled-fish-servers/174896" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/antique-victorian-pair-of-sterling-silver-and-ivory-handled-fish-servers/174896" rel="nofollow">http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/antique-victorian-pair-of-sterling-silver-and-ivory-handled-fish-servers/174896</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and this 1860 Sheffield sterling set:</p><p><a href="http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/antique-victorian-pair-of-sterling-silver-%26-ivory-handled-fish-servers/144156" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/antique-victorian-pair-of-sterling-silver-%26-ivory-handled-fish-servers/144156" rel="nofollow">http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/antique-victorian-pair-of-sterling-silver-&amp;-ivory-handled-fish-servers/144156</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and, Lot 97, hammer price $50.00:</p><p><a href="http://www.matthewbartonltd.com/catalogues/mb240511/page4.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.matthewbartonltd.com/catalogues/mb240511/page4.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.matthewbartonltd.com/catalogues/mb240511/page4.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Again, I want to stress that I don&#039;t know if the handles are ivory, celluloid, or bone.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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