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283. FINE PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WHALE’S
TEETH, 3 rd quarter 19 th century, engraved and inked
with images evoking a narrative of joy and sadness
commingled, a handsome young couple on their
wedding day, an open bible, a mother and child and
an urn flanked by weeping cherubs beneath a willow.
Height 5 in.
284. WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY AND MALACCA
WOOD WALKING STICK, circa 1870, ivory knob grip above a carved
bas relief perched eagle on a stars and stripes shield, foliate engraved gold
filled band on a tapering Malacca shaft ending in a 2 ½ inch horn ferrule.
Length 35 in.
285. WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY AND WHALEBONE
CANE, circa 1870, ivory carved and scrimshaw grip of an eagle head and
neck on a whalebone shaft carved with rope twist tapering to a reverse twist.
Length 30 in.
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