Precious materials were used to make all sorts of items to trade, other than
ornaments. Snuff boxes often had ivory inlay cigar boxes, etc I expect. As
mentioned handles for parasols or fans, I also wonder what decorations have
adorned castles/palaces around the world, Spain, France, Russia, Britain as
well as others in Eastern Europe which have been used by top folk in all of
those countries along with all the silver and gold items in these places and
during the last 150 years others have come and gone.
Sue T
I remember Barbara Underwood saying that Thomas Lester used family and
friends for his complicated patterns as they would not be cost effective for
the average lacemaker. Maybe they used ivory bobbins. I always thought it
would be impossible for antique bobbins to be ivory but maybe there are some
about. I do have one ivory Bobbin which was made by Richard Gravestock,
possibly early to mid 1980s just before it became illegal to sell ivory.
And I have an Antique ivory parasol but I have no idea how old it is. Even
if it was legal I wouldn’t buy ivory now.
Regards
Maureen
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