Ivory

Features a history of chess, chess pieces, and chess game variants.

Descriptions of objects found in archaeological excavations of Fishergate House and Blue Bridge Lane in York; includes pins, combs, a buckle plate, a sledge runner, styli, handles, and beads.

A look at some ivory caskets of the Viking Age, and a modern one in a similar style.

Mostly secular examples in bone & ivory, enamel, leather, metal, and wood.

Combs, mostly in antler, bone, wood, or ivory, from period depictions and extant examples. Includes illustrations of hair-combing.

An online database of ivory sculptures made in Western Europe ca. 1200-ca. 1530, as well as neo-Gothic pieces. The Gothic Ivories Project is a database which aims at including all readily available informatio n on every surviving Gothic and neo-Gothic ivory, accompanie d by at least one image. This online resource allows wide-rangi ng searches on iconograph y, provenance , origin, post-medie val repairs and replacemen ts, modern forgeries, and many other aspects.

This list is for those who are interested in working with Horn, Antler, Bone and other natural materials such as legal ivory, amber, baleen and soapstone. These materials have a long historical presence for everything from purely decorative to purely functional items. Those who are interested in creating replicas as well as modern interpretations are welcome. All you need is a desire to learn and a willingness to share knowledge.

A gallery of photos taken during a trip to the museum, including a folding table (1480-1500); casting molds; a brooch; some wooden combs; six candlesticks (14th-15th centuries); a clasp (13th century); belts (14th and 15th centuries); carvings in ivory and wood; a pig-face bascinet; a mail shirt; a 14th century dagger and some sword pommels; and a chest, stool, and bed at the Design Museum.

Ivory carving. ivory substitutes.

An online book about ivory workers and their artwork from late Antiquity to the Late Middle Ages; includes black and white photos of notable examples.