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Vintage or antique hand carved Nathan Ivory company chess set from Hong Kong. Purchased it from a church rummage sale a few years ago. The king measures 4 1/2 to 5 in. tall as far as I can tell all pieces are intact with no breakage
Re: Hand carved Ivory chess set
Before anything else can be done you'd need to determine that they are actually ivory, some of these sets are synthetic ivory, an ivory powder and resin. You can test for ivory with a red hot needle , pushing it into the base, if the needle melts the surface it isn't ivory.
Re: Hand carved Ivory chess set
Thank you, i will do that and update post