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Title: Hear no evil .....
Post by: greenacres on February 11, 2017, 07:04:45 PM

Hear is hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. On the bottom it says "MADE In ENGLAND". I'm not sue if it's ivory. Heavier than it looks. I have always like this. We had to move my mother in law to a nursing home. I have a job ahead of me. Not sure what to call it, or what it really is.

Title: Re: Hear no evil .....
Post by: KC on February 12, 2017, 12:05:13 AM

Always loved these  Hear No/See No/Speak No's! 

Can you please post a pic of the bottom (where it says made in England - carved or incised into it?) and a close up of any lines/striations.

Did you do the needle test in an inconspicuous place? 
http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-Ivory-from-Bone (http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-Ivory-from-Bone)

Title: Re: Hear no evil .....
Post by: greenacres on February 12, 2017, 10:40:48 AM

Thanks to my husband for his help.😊 Now for the test.

Title: Re: Hear no evil .....
Post by: greenacres on February 12, 2017, 10:46:58 AM

It is ivory. Nothing happened with the hot pin. So what does this mean now.

Title: Re: Hear no evil .....
Post by: jacon4 on February 12, 2017, 01:58:11 PM

Neat that it's ivory, that SHOULD make it more valuable but ivory has laws attached to it now so  i dunno.