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200. WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY AND WHALEBONE
ARCHITECTURAL WALKING STICK, circa 1850, the upper third comprised of four
carved ivory sections, the grip a Turk’s turban above a crosshatched section, above a section of
fine openwork twisted columns above a twist section, all spaced with blonde baleen rings with
silver diamond, the bone shaft reeded and twisted rope to a smooth, ending in a 2 inch ivory
ferrule with ball tip.
Length 33 ¾ in.
201. FINE WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY, WHALEBONE, MOTHER-
OF-PEARL, ABALONE, TORTOISESHELL AND BALEEN WALKING STICK,
circa 1840, polyhedron ivory grip with tortoiseshell inlaid squares, dots, circles and heart, three
baleen spacers on a fine inlaid bone shaft of geometric shapes, dots, lattice and swags, ending in
a graduating turned taper. Length 33 in.
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