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17. WHALEMAN CARVED
WHALEBONE, WHALE IVORY,
BALEEN AND SILVER CANE, circa
1860-1880, ivory carved eagle head with silver
and baleen eyes, baleen spacer with ivory
C-shaped grip on a tapering whalebone shaft.
Length 34 ½ in.
18. WHALEMAN CARVED
WHALEBONE, WHALE IVORY AND
SOUTH SEA ISLAND WOOD SERPENT
WALKING STICK, circa 1850, the whale
ivory grip in the form of a looped serpent with
inlaid ebony eyes, seven alternating spacers
of South Sea island wood and whale ivory,
followed by a tapered whalebone shaft.
Length 33 ¾ in.
Provenance: Hyland Granby Antiques to private
collector
19. WHALEMAN CARVED
WHALEBONE, WHALE IVORY AND
BALEEN SNAKE CANE, circa 1860, an
ivory serpentine L-shaped snake grip above an
ivory section flanked by baleen spacers, on a
turned whalebone shaft. Length 33 ¼ in.
20. WHALEMAN MADE WHALE IVORY AND WOOD RUM DIPPER, circa 1860-1880, the bowl a coconut with scribed
and turned rim with a carved ivory and wood shaped handle, wood handle has collection number “NH60A,” flanked by paneled disk
sections. Length 14 in.
Literature: Flayderman, E. Norman, Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders – Whales and Whalemen, New Milford, Connecticut, Published 1972, pp. 196.
21. NANTUCKET WHALE IVORY AND MAHOGANY DARNING EGG, 19 th century, three parallel engraved lines filled
with red wax circle the equator; small circular silver plate attached with three rivets opposite the slightly bulbous handle.
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