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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 327326, member: 2844"]It looks like ivory, do you see any cross hatching in the lines? If so, it is ivory. Those are called Schreger lines:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]109286[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Your ring looks pre 1947. Maybe from colonial Congo, [USER=654]@kristiaan[/USER] will probably know.</p><p>I have a 1930s ivory ring with a twist design and a slightly domed top, but that doesn't necessarily make yours pre-cites. I don't know what the regulations for old ivory are like in Australia?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 327326, member: 2844"]It looks like ivory, do you see any cross hatching in the lines? If so, it is ivory. Those are called Schreger lines: [ATTACH=full]109286[/ATTACH] Your ring looks pre 1947. Maybe from colonial Congo, [USER=654]@kristiaan[/USER] will probably know. I have a 1930s ivory ring with a twist design and a slightly domed top, but that doesn't necessarily make yours pre-cites. I don't know what the regulations for old ivory are like in Australia?[/QUOTE]
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