Rafael Osona's Annual Auction Catalog 2019 2016 | Page 28

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

Lots 91 through 106

91. PAIR OF “BANKNOTE
ENGRAVER” SCRIMSHANDED
SPERM WHALE TEETH, mid 19th
century, incised and inked recto with
framed oval reserves of lovely young
women, verso with harbor scenes, one
depicting two three-masted ships anchored
before a town, the other shows an
American ship entering a foreign port, the
national flags inked in blue and red.
Length 6 ¾ in.
Provenance: Nina Hellman, Nantucket, MA

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