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194. NANTUCKET WHALEBONE, WHALE IVORY AND WOOD SWIFT,
circa 1850, from the famed Carpenter collection; multi-turned upper section with red
scribe wax lines on a whalebone shaft and a matching turned ivory adjustment slide and
knob, on a two-tiered shaped round ebony and mahogany base, supported by 12 turned
ivory posts and feet, the central shaft protruding through both wood disks and secured
by a hand carved whalebone thumb twist nut. The cage is constructed of 144 whalebone
ribs. Height 22 ¾ in. Diameter of base 7 in.
Provenance: Mary Grace & Charles H. Carpenter Collection; Hyland Granby Antiques to private
collector
Literature: Carpenter, Jr., Chares H. and Mary Grace Carpenter, The Decorative Arts and Crafts of
Nantucket, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1987, Pl. 1 facing
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