Ivory Collection

The ivory diptych of Stilicho (right) with his

Royal Wedding 1947 - bride and bridesmaid dresses
A fairytale wedding gown by Norman Hartnell for Princess Elizabeth, in itself a tribute to British skill in design and workmanship

Acrobat. Minoian art
Acrobat. 16th c. BC. Minoan art / Cretan art. Sculpture on ivory. GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Iraklion. Archaeological Museum. Proc: GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Knossos. Knossos Palace

Zanzibar - Tanzania - Large Ivory Tusks Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Parkins and Gotto electrical novelties 1906
Advertisement from 1906 for Parkins and Gotto, of Oxford Street, London, showing the wide range of electrical novelties, including a working model of the Metropolitan electric railway train with

Trent Bridge, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Interestingly, on the far right can be seen part of the main exhibition hall of the 1903 Nottingham Midlands Exhibition, known as the Ivory Tower

22, 000 - 30, 000 years old Venus figures
Left to right. a) In fired clay from Moravia. b) In mammoth ivory from France. The Willendorf Venus c) In limestone from Austria. d) In mammoth ivory from Ukraine

Upper Palaeolithic tools 18 - 30, 000 years old
L-R: a) Bone used to make needle blanks. b) Bone needle. c & d) Harpoon head and Barbed Point carved from antler. e & f) Two heads carved in mammoth ivory

Asprey Christmas presents, 1926
Colour advertisement for Asprey of Bond Street displaying a wide variety of Christmas present ideas, including an attache case, a shagreen cigarette box, leather handbag, crocodile handbag pochette

Advert for Asprey selection of household items 1937
Selection of items from Asprey, Bond Street: Glass luminous World lamp, gentlemans pigskin compactus case with ivory fittings, miniature reproduction clock in walnut, brocade evening bag

Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker
Plate 16, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby. Size: 380 x 255 mm

Ivory Workshop
A man prepares an ivory tusk in his workshop

Village Scene - Ivory Coast - 1940s - French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan, French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta

Bringing ivory to the wagons, South Africa, c. 1863
Engraving from a sketch by Thomas Baines, made while travelling in South Africa with explorer and elephant hunter James Chapman in around 1862-3

Ivory tusk warehouse, London Date: late 19th century

Ivory tusk warehouse, London, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Africa Ivory store in Mandala pre-1900

Fort Johnston, Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland, Africa now Malawi
Ivory to be sent to London, Victorian period. The location is Fort Johnston, Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland, Africa now Malawi

Africa. The Congo. Herd of elephants
History of Africa. 19th century. Herd of elephants. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Africa. Congo. Ivory porters
History of Africa. 19th century. Ivory porters. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

My Son
A portrait ivory painting of a young boy standing proudly, identified as the son of the artist, Bess Norriss Tait. Date: circa 1918

RMS Titanic - ivorine letter opener
RMS Titanic - unusual ivorine letter opener, with the liner depicted on one side and her details on the other

The Ivory Castle Board Game, produced by Gibbs Dentifrice toothpaste Date: 1935

Rules for The Ivory Castle Board Game, based around dental health, produced by Gibbs Dentifrice toothpaste Date: 1935

Advert for Imperial Leather Soap, featuring a Louis XV Vernis Martin fan once owned by Catherine the Great. Date: 1954

Extraordinary view of an entire floor of ivory in a huge warehouse, a portion of the ivory came from Asia, but the better bulk was imported from Africa

Bronze sculpture of a WWI British trooper
Bronze sculpture of a First World War British trooper astride his horse.Born in Paris 26.11.1871, he learned the techniques of Sculpture from his father

Ivory Cavers Workshop 1908
Two Japanese men carefully carving into ivory making figure to sell. Date: 1908

CROWN JEWELS OF ENGLAND The Queen's sceptre with the dove, and ivory rod Date: 20th century

LIEUT LECERF DIES
The death of Lieut. Lecerf at S'Nappa, while fighting with his men. Date: 1894

Travellers riding elephants in India, c. 1900
Vintage 19th century photograph - tourists, travellers riding elephants in India, c.1900

Forestry logging in Burma - elephant pulling a log c.1930

Dolls of the children of the Earl and Countess of Leicester
Dolls representing the children of the Earl and Countess of Leicester on a satin coverlet. Wooden dolls dressed by the young Princess Victoria

Scenes from Madagascar, 1820
Slave traders leading an enslaved family to market 58, a crocodile seizing a bullock 59, and stranded French sailors meeting the King of Madagascar 60. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Costume of Albrecht von Hohenlohe, died 1319. In suit of chain mail armour, tunic, great helm, with shield and sword. From the grave effigy in Schloss Neuenstein

Depictions of the Seven against Thebes. Tydeus, Amphiaraus, Polynices and Parthenopeus, from an Etruscan cameo 1. Amphiaraus with Eriphyle 1, a genius presents a helmet to Amphiaraus 3

Relics associated with Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury - ivory grace cup (centre), two mitres (left: Sens Abbey, Normandy; right: at one time the property of Cardinal Manning)

Relics associated with King Henry VIII. Miniature of Anne of Cleves by Holbein, lid of ivory box containing Cleves miniature, lid of ivory box containing Henry VIII Holbein miniature

Musical knife in the Louvre, Paris, France, made of steel, with a Blessing of the Table (or Grace) engraved on the blade. The notes are for bass voice -- it is thought that the knife was part of a

Antique ivory carvings and terracotta bas-relief
Antique ivory carvings with cupids and flowers, and terracotta bas-relief with foliage from Pompeii. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical

The game of ivory spinning top, Toton or Pirouette. A hand emerging from a cloud to spin a top on a marble plinth. From a book of emblems from the 16th century

The royal game of billiards between Louis XIV and Michel Chamillard in the third apartment. After an engraving by Antoine Trouvain, 1698

Native Americans of the Northwest
Chugach man of Prince Williams Sound in conical decorated hat, nose ornament, and labrets of walrus ivory in his lower lip

Corals and seaweeds
Precious coral, Corallium rubrum 1, fused ivory tree coral, Oculina varicosa 2, bamboo coral, Isis hippuris 3, and bryozoan, Flustra foliacea 4

Ruyters cavalry encampment and trebuchet
Ruyters cavalry encampment and a trebuchet from an ancient carving in ivory. Copperplate engraving by N.C. Goodnight from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army

Natives of the Ivory Coast, Africa. Men in loinclothes with hair dyed red and dressed with palm oil, and a noble in cloak

Womans brogue shoe design in ivory leather, 1930
Womans brogue shoe design in ivory leather with snakeskin lace-up panel within an art deco abstract border. Chromolithograph from Andre Camys La Chaussure d Art, The Art Shoe, August-September

Womans buckle shoe in ivory leather with snakeskin detail
Womans buckle shoe from Maison Jean Peraro in ivory leather with snakeskin detail in art deco border. Chromolithograph from Andre Camys La Chaussure d Art, The Art Shoe, August-September, Paris, 1930

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