This chess set was given to me when I was a child. Each piece ... with ivory components, firearms, furniture with less than 200 grams of the precious substance in their makeup, and antique ...

Of all 13,000 objects in the British Museum that are made of ivory, the Lewis Chessmen are ... According to the museum, the chess pieces are “integral” to its collection and play an ...

From walking sticks and small carvings to chess sets and jewelry, antique dealers are left with few options for selling or disposing of ivory items they invested in. International commercial ...

of any ivory, including antique pieces. This affects antiques dealers and collectors, knife makers and collectors, Inuit craftsmen, owners of mahjong and chess sets and manufacturers of musical ...

Collectors who own genuine antique ivory sets can apply to DEFRA for an exemption certificate. Proof that the chess set is part of 'Cultural Heritage', along with other information has to be ...

Queensland Police are appealing for public assistance in finding a 17th-century, hand-carved ivory chess set stolen from a house in Brisbane's eastern suburbs. The antique was stolen from a ...

The warder is the first of five missing pieces to materialize since the remaining chessmen’s discovery in 1831 Courtesy of Sotheby's In 1964, an antiques ... ivory and whale teeth chess pieces ...

Of all 13,000 objects in the British Museum that are made of ivory, the Lewis Chessmen are ... According to the museum, the chess pieces are “integral” to its collection and play an ...