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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 353466, member: 5833&quot;]We also often get going on the issue of ivory: genuine or fake; antique or modern.&nbsp; Don&#039;t think you&#039;ll find anyone here who does not care about elephants &amp; sea turtles, but we also care about the preservation &amp; enduring value of beautiful things that were made with these materials in earlier times.&nbsp; Any post involving either reanimates the conversation.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a lovely old piece I&#039;m sure many of us envy.&nbsp; So far, the members who really know about furniture have not weighed in, perhaps because they thought from the title your concern was with its using tortoise.&nbsp; For them to tell you more I&#039;m sure they are going to want better lit photos showing details of construction, including the back, undersides, anyplace parts are joined, any hardware used, the clues they need to age &amp; origin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What kind?&nbsp; I have a time share on the bath tub with a couple of semi-aquatics.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":writer:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":turtle:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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