The UK has stricked rules. You can pay £250 (present cost) for a certificate of pre 1918 item of cultural value/artistic. That cost is nonrefundable so if the powers do not like it you loose an additional £250. I have been informed that some people in the other countries have traded items knives without mentioning the ivory and have had no problems. Not sure I would risk importing a costly item with ivory content into the UK. Ideally passing it on to a younger collector before I pass over to the over side, rather than ending up in a museum store.
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