Rafael Osona Auctions Annual Catalog 2020 | Page 206

606. WHALER MADE WHALE IVORY AND WHALEBONE SWIFT, circa 1840, 114 carved bone staves single cage emanating from a whale ivory and bone shaft with turned finial and adjustment ring all polychromed with 50+ red and green finely scribed lines; all supported by a well-executed clenched fist table clamp with star and diamond wax inlays. Height 15 in. 8,000/10,000 607. WHALER MADE WHALE IVORY , WHALEBONE AND WOOD SWIFT, circa 1870, large turned ivory cup and axel above a single whalebone cage of 60 staves on a bone shaft with slide and carved wood barrel table clamp. Height 17 in. 800/1,200 608. WHALEMAN MADE WHALE IVORY AND WHALEBONE SWIFT, circa 1850, large ivory “C” clamp with fist holding a double whalebone cage. Height 18 in. 800/1,200 609. WHALER MADE WHALE IVORY AND WHALEBONE SWIFT, circa 1860, “C” shaped ivory table clamp with cube ends having reeded tablets and screw knob, supporting a whalebone shaft, adjusting slide and screw for a single cage of 60 ten-inch bone staves terminating with a multiturned finial cup. Height 19 ½ in. 1,000/2,000 201 Rafael Osona Auctions