504 . JOSEPH CLAPP ( 1825-1909 ) NANTUCKET WHALEBONE , CHERRY WOOD AND WHALE IVORY BIRDCAGE , circa 1870 , finely constructed pegged , mortise and tenon dome top cherry frame with whalebone dowels , 4 turned whale ivory ball in cup finials and tray pull , hinged access door . A strikingly similar wood and whalebone birdcage also made by Joseph Clapp is in the collection of the Nantucket Historical Association , Accession number : 1992.0132.001 Height 18 in . Width 18 ¾ in . Depth 13 in . 25,000 / 35,000
505 . CAPTAIN H . PEASE NANTUCKET SCRIMSHAW SPERM WHALE TOOTH , 19 th Century , engraved with an American whaler and 5 longboats out on a pod of 14 whales and inscribed “ Ship Catawba of Nantucket - Captain H . Pease - Pacific Ocean - Sept 1844 ; The verso engraved with 3 whale ships and 6 boats out on 4 whales and inscribed “ Whaling off coast of Tahitti .” ( sic ) Engraved between the scenes an inscription within scrolls “ J . Morgan Harpooner .” Length 6 ¾ in . Width 1 ¾ in .
1,000 / 2,000
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