Rafael Osona's Annual Auction Catalog 2019 2016 | Page 62
202. AMERICAN WHALEBONE AND MAHOGANY
MINIATURE CHEST WATCHTOWER, circa 1840, a
pocket watch compartment faced on three sides with whalebone
and a wood top with bone finial and two side drawers (one
with pierced top and the other open) on a rectangular top with
4 whalebone faced drawers, with fishtail pulls, supported on
French bracket feet and shaped skirt.
Height 12 in. Width 9 ¾ in. Depth 4 ¾ in.
203. SAILOR MADE POLYCHROME Whale ivory
DECORATED NECKERCHIEF RING, 19th century, carved
as a somersaulting female, enhanced with red and black ink
detailing and red and green wax inlaid dots.
Diameter 2 in. Width ¾ in.
204. CARVED WHALE IVORY PIE CRIMPER HANDLE OF DOVE FORM, 19th century, elegantly stylized emblem of
love, with brass rivets, lacks jagging wheel. Length 5 ½ in.
205. SAILOR SCRIMSHANDED WHALEBONE CORSET BUSK, 19th century, engraved and inked with two arrow pierced
hearts centering an elongated rectangular reserve inscribed “Love” within a lozenge, heart shaped top. Length 14 in.
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