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<p>[QUOTE="aaroncab, post: 1412842, member: 3974"]Having a heck of a time figuring out what this is made of - I think there's a chance it's ivory - it's very smoothly polished. With a strong light, there are some lines which look like cracks - seems to be some other texture visible (hard to get photos of) under magnification too, but no schraeger lines - I know that not all ivory has them. At first I thought it might be some kind of plastic but it feels harder than plastic would be - no mold lines, it's not glass or porcelain as it doesn't feel cold enough for that. It's signed down by the tail - hopefully someone will recognize the siggy/name.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.25 inches (8.25 cm) in length - weighs 2.5 ounces (71 grams).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]222994[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222995[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222996[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222997[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222998[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222999[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]223000[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]223001[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]223003[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]223004[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="aaroncab, post: 1412842, member: 3974"]Having a heck of a time figuring out what this is made of - I think there's a chance it's ivory - it's very smoothly polished. With a strong light, there are some lines which look like cracks - seems to be some other texture visible (hard to get photos of) under magnification too, but no schraeger lines - I know that not all ivory has them. At first I thought it might be some kind of plastic but it feels harder than plastic would be - no mold lines, it's not glass or porcelain as it doesn't feel cold enough for that. It's signed down by the tail - hopefully someone will recognize the siggy/name. 3.25 inches (8.25 cm) in length - weighs 2.5 ounces (71 grams). [ATTACH=full]222994[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222995[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222996[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222997[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222998[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222999[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]223000[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]223001[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]223003[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]223004[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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