$(document).ready(function(evt) {
var svgns = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg',
xlinkns = 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink',
use = document.createElementNS(svgns, 'use');
use.setAttributeNS(xlinkns, 'xlink:href', '#save');
document.getElementById('useSVG').appendChild(use);
});
#svgStore {
display: none;
}
#useSVG {
width: 16px;
height: 16px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<svg style="display:none;" id="svgStore" style="display: none;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<symbol viewBox="0 0 16 16" id="save"><title>save</title> <g id="svgstore3748a955346b4a088bbdc55a22f56504_x31_6_13_">
<path style="fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;" d="M9,4h2V2H9V4z M13,13H3v1h10V13z M13,11H3v1h10V11z M13,0H0v16h16V3L13,0z
M3,1h9v4H3V1z M14,15H2V8h12V15z M13,9H3v1h10V9z">
</path>
</g>
</symbol>
</svg>
SVG use:
<svg id="useSVG" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg>