Rafael Osona's Annual Auction Catalog 2019 2016 | Page 52

The Carol and Stephen Memishian
19th Century Scrimshaw Collection
Part II

Lots 160 through 183

160. SAILOR
SCRIMSHANDED SPERM
WHALE TOOTH, 19th century,
recto stipple engraved with a
fashionable beauty beside a
fountain of classical inspiration,
attended by a flying dove, all
below a blossoming rose, verso
with an American frigate, a
Federal eagle above, on a wood
stand. Length 6 ½ in.
Provenance: Nina Hellman,
Nantucket, MA

161. WALRUS IVORY PIE CRIMPER, 19th century, with tortoiseshell inlaid handle, three-tine fork and five baleen spacers.
Length 8 in.
Provenance: Paul Madden, Sandwich, MA

162. WHALE IVORY HEART SHAPED NEEDLE HOLDER,
19th century, with heart shaped tortoiseshell inlay, pierced for
attachment. Length 2 ½ in.
Provenance: Rafael Osona Auctions, Nantucket, MA 16 August 1997

163. WHALE IVORY SQUARE NEEDLE HOLDER,
19th century, pierced with four hearts, on triangular rosewood stand.
Height 1 ¾ in. Length 1 ½ in. Stand Length 2 in.
Provenance: Nina Hellman, Nantucket, MA
Literature: Illustrated p.223, E. Norman Flayderman, Scrimshaw and
Scrimshanders, New Milford, CT, 1972

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