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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 551981, member: 5833&quot;]Of course it is so tempting to want to think it is genuine ivory.&nbsp; But I just spent some more time looking at, &amp; touching, the bands on the box &amp; then doing the same with the many little Celluloid boxes I have as well as the nearest to hand ivory cameos.&nbsp; All are smooth, but there is a subtle difference in the smoothness.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the best visual evidence, the way the lines stay so parallel &amp; go on uninterrupted for so long.&nbsp; These are 2 adjacent segments:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170042[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]170043[/ATTACH] </p><p>In real ivory the lines have many little breaks &amp; do not stay so parallel.&nbsp; I think if you could touch the box, tap it with a fingernail, you would agree it is some kind of plastic. The &#039;Celluloid&#039; name was registered in 1870, so box could be as old as you suggest.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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