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424. 19 TH CENTURY AMERICAN WHALER MADE
FOOT LOCKER, circa 1860-1880, bird’s eye maple
rectangular hinged box with recessed brass handles and trimmed
at all corners with ½ in. whalebone. Sun, star and moon inlaid
with bone and tortoise and tropical wood stars at the corners and
a bone banner engraved “B.F. Tilton”.
Height 6 ¾ in. Width 20 in. Depth 11 in. 3,000/5,000
425. WHALER MADE WHALE IVORY, EBONY AND
ROSEWOOD WALKING STICK, circa 1850, turned ivory
knob with dot inlaid grip carved down to an octagonal end,
mounted on a conforming octagonal rosewood shaft tapering to
a turned tapering shaft. Inlaid with ivory diamonds and darts and
six alternating sections of ivory and ebony. Length 32 in.
1,000/1,500
426. OIL ON CANVAS “PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN
DAVID BAXTER” (b. 4 OCTOBER 1775, d. 4 FEBRUARY
1855), circa 1810, attributed to Charles Delin (1756-1818),
a bust length portrait of Baxter facing right wearing a black
high-collar coat over white vest and shirt in period frame. David
Baxter Captain of the British whaleship Montezuma.
20 in. x 16 ½ in. Overall 27 in. x 23 in. 3,000/5,000
Provenance: Carolyn Pesnell Amory, sold Rafael Osona Auctions
August 7, 1999 to the Present Owner
Literature: The Shining Sea: David Porter & the Epic Voyage of the
U.S.S. Essex
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