IVORY TRADE OPENS AGAlN.—After a lapse of six years London's ivory trade with South Africa has been resumed, and citizens of the great metropolis will be able to see once again the "Ivory Floor" laid in Mincing Lane, where 10 tons of elephant tusks are to be offered at auction. The largest store of ivory lying in London is in the Kennington compound of Messrs Puddefoot, Bowers, and Simonett, a firm which has been bringing ivory, ebony, and shagreen into England since the days of Charles 11. They are converted into brush backs by the firm's 150 craftsmen.
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Evening Star, Issue 25768, 15 April 1946, Page 7
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98IVORY TRADE OPENS AGAIN.—After a lapse of six years London's ivory trade with South Africa has been resumed, and citizens of the great metropolis will be able to see once again the "Ivory Floor" laid in Mincing Lane, where 10 tons of elephant tusks are to be offered at auction. The largest store of ivory lying in London is in the Kennington compound of Messrs Puddefoot, Bowers, and Simonett, a firm which has been bringing ivory, ebony, and shagreen into England since the days of Charles II. They are converted into brush backs by the firm's 150 craftsmen. Evening Star, Issue 25768, 15 April 1946, Page 7
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