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<p>In total, there are 21 documented items made of ivory or containing ivory that
are owned by the Houses of Parliament.</p><p>There are 18 accessioned objects documented
within the Parliamentary Heritage Collections. Of these 12 are small objects from
the Parliamentary Art Collection made between the 17th and 19th centuries. The remaining
six are items of 19th century historic furniture or fabric which contain small amounts
of ivory decoration.</p><p>There are two accessioned items documented in the Parliamentary
Archives which contain ivory. These are a Book of Common Prayer containing decorative
ivory crosses and a set of ink stamps with ivory handles. There are no accessioned
items documented in either the House of Lords Library or House of Commons Library
made of, or containing, ivory.</p><p>A non-accessioned First World War book of remembrance
in the House of Lords includes an ivory Tudor rose in the binding. There may be other
non-accessioned items containing ivory in the Houses that have not yet been identified.</p>
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