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<p>[QUOTE="Miscstuff, post: 249855, member: 1331"]Bought this listed as a “19th century Sri Lankan desk set” recently at auction and wondered if it was inset with ivory or not. Decided to micro photograph some of the inserts to figure out what they were made of so removed the rear flat plate and photographed most of the inserts. Couldn't do the small tusks as the microscope gain was too high but they didn't seem to have any patterns on them. These inserts are between 4mm and 8-9mm in diameter.</p><p>I cant see any Schreger lines that would identify it as ivory and I cant see a Haversian</p><p>system indicating bone. There appears to be some dentine patterns so it's possibly</p><p>something like warthog tusks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any ideas as to what the material is??</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers</p><p><br /></p><p>Stephen</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]76971[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]76972[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]76973[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]76974[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]76975[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Miscstuff, post: 249855, member: 1331"]Bought this listed as a “19th century Sri Lankan desk set” recently at auction and wondered if it was inset with ivory or not. Decided to micro photograph some of the inserts to figure out what they were made of so removed the rear flat plate and photographed most of the inserts. Couldn't do the small tusks as the microscope gain was too high but they didn't seem to have any patterns on them. These inserts are between 4mm and 8-9mm in diameter. I cant see any Schreger lines that would identify it as ivory and I cant see a Haversian system indicating bone. There appears to be some dentine patterns so it's possibly something like warthog tusks. Any ideas as to what the material is?? Cheers Stephen [ATTACH=full]76971[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]76972[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]76973[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]76974[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]76975[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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