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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (1760)] suggests it was used in similar ways to IVORY BLACK. OED earliest date of use: 1823 Sources: …
A New History of London
… still were the antient British graves, in which were found ivory and wooden pins in abundance of about six inches long, …
A New History of London
… sorts of drugs, spices, cotton, deer skins, goat skins, ivory, indico, gums, iron, many kinds of dying woods and …
A New History of London
… side stood another image of the Virgin Mary, wrought in ivory, presented by Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury. …
A New History of London
… the diadem she wore in proceeding to her coronation.An ivory scepter, with a dove, made for the late king James's …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… for example 'Inlaid Boxes, of silver tortoishell, ivory and leather' [Tradecards (1794)]. A whole group of … FOUNDERS BOX, FRENCH BOX, GUINEA BOX, HORN BOX, INK BOX, IVORY BOX, JEWEL BOX, KNIFE BOX, MONEY BOX, NEEDLE BOX, PAINT … with BONE, BRASS, Chip, Coco, COPPER, ELM, FIR, IRON, IVORY, LATTEN, LEATHER, LIME, OAK, PAPER, PASTEBOARD, PEWTER, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… son Sir John (d. 1714) and Sir John's grandson John Ivory Talbot (d. 1772) in turn. 57 In 1769 John Ivory Talbot's son John sold it to William, earl of …
Survey of London
… consisted (with one unspecified shop) of a shawl seller, ivory turner, goldsmith, glass manufacturer, optician, wine …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… MS vol. 279, p. 292] Chivers, James, Bristol, cabinet and ivory turner (183240). At 1 Baldwin St, 183235 but from 1836 … and other Fancy articles in Tortoiseshell, Hard Wood & Ivory turner, Glass bender &c.. His label is pasted to the … facing St Sepulchre's Church, Snow Hill, London, wood and ivory turner ( c. 1760). Trade Card in Heal Coll., BM. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… listing 'Pierced and Plain Caddy Ladles in Tortoishell, Ivory, Bone & Wood' [Tradecards (1794)]. Not found in the OED … Found described as pierced, PLAIN Found made of BONE, IVORY, TORTOISE SHELL, WOOD Sources: Acts, Tradecards. …