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555. LARGE SCRIMSHAWED WALRUS TUSK, circa
1885-1890, comprising four vignettes: the top with a willow tree,
memorial and American flag, above an initialed “G.F.B.” halfportrait
of Captain George F. Bauldry with scope in hand, over
the whaling Bark Thrasher out of San Francisco; the bottom and
largest subject is a standing full portrait of a lady in fashionable
dress. Length 30 in. 2,000/3,000
556. AMERICAN SCRIMSHAWED AND POLYCHROME
WALRUS TUSK, 19 th Century, signed W. Cahill, comprising
4 vignettes: the top with youth and red flower basket dropping
petals and a young shepherd boy above a female nude seated on
a rock, above two Lady Liberty’s of the North and South holding
a windswept polychromed American flag., signed lower left W.
Cahill. Length 25 ½ in. 1,500/2,500
557. FINE ESKIMO “JAMES A. FARRELL” SCRIMSHAWED WALRUS IVORY TUSK CRIBBAGE BOARD, circa
1890, the gameboard side engraved with owner’s name James A. Farrell, with Caribou and a 7-dog sled with figures; the verso
engraved with 3 floating ice plates with bears, seals and walrus. James A. Farrell (1863-1943) President of US Steel from 1911 to 1932
expanded US Steel by a factor of five during his Presidency. Length 26 in. 1,200/1,800
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