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A History of the County of Somerset
… the figure of a mammoth cut on a plate of mammoth ivory in Auvergne, and that of a reindeer grazing in happy … carved into the shape of a kneeling reindeer, and of ivory with handles carved into the form of a standing …
A History of the County of Essex
… Kelly's Dir. Essex, 1886. Ibid. 1908 lists, e.g. John Ivory, Wilson farm, Plashet Grove. Beddall's farm, Manor Way, …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… James sent to Persia. Market for European goods, cloth, ivory, quicksilver, vermilion, lead, sword blades : Hot …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… Portugals have a fort, and traffic for gold, amber, and ivory. Mozambique, possessed by the Portugals; the people all … [Manoemoogi], whose king barters gold, silver, copper, and ivory with the Portugals for cotton and linen. From Melinde … by the white Mahometans, who are rich in gold, silver, and ivory, as also from thence to the Red Sea; at that Cape the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… of glass, plaster, silver, brass, wood, iron, stone or ivory, perfumed sweet bags, mastiffs, greyhounds, spaniels, …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… cushions, neckcloths, girdles, "two standishes of ivory," nightcaps, waistcoats, napkins, &c. John Rose sent …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies and Persia
… he had in a chest under his apparel diamonds in a white ivory box, which he wanteth; but those that perused his …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… [Houghton], or as a decorative inlay. Contrasted with IVORY, it was ideal for a CHESS TABLE or PLAYING TABLE … Ribbon' [Newspapers (1760)], or those made of AMBER or IVORY in the stock on TOY maker [Inventories (1733)]. The …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… a KNIFE or a similar implement made of ELEPHANTS TOOTH or IVORY, and the commodity is more commonly found as ivory hafts. Not found in the OED Found in units of DOZEN … oliphants teeth; eloph'ts teeth] An elephant's tusk or IVORY. These tusks are not always easy to identify, partly as …