A quick check on google tells me that French Ivory is a plastic produced to
simulate ivory. It is made from celluloid plastic with some ground powdered
ivory mixed in. It was first produced by the Xylonite Company in 1866. It
is most commonly made into sets for the dressing table - very popular and it
is often found in second-hand and antique shops.
Unlike ivory, and if you can see the grain, the grain on French
Ivory/celluloid should show wavy parallel lines. The lines don't intersect
or cross-hatch as they would in ivory.
Malvary in Ottawa where it is very windy and supposed to rain later.
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