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307. SMALL CASE SHIP MODEL, 19 th century, a naïve sailor made model of a square-rigged ship with coastal scene painted on
the back panel; encased in a glazed wood box with rope-carved beading. Bears Barbara Johnson Delector In Balaenis label.
Height 7 ¼ in. Width 10 in. Depth 4 ½ in.
Provenance:
Edwin Eldridge Collection
Barbara Johnson Collection, Sotheby’s NY, Sept 24th & 25th 1982, Part II (Lot 193)
308. AMERICAN POLYCHROMED SCRIMSHAWED SPERM WHALE TOOTH, MID-19 TH CENTURY, this “Island”
tooth depicts a refined 3-masted bark on ½ of the tooth under full sail with the American ensign aft, a ghostly pennant flying from
the main, and the distinctive owner’s house flag at the fore. Above are two islands with heavy vegetation stippled and boldly
polychromed; the reverse equally colored and strongly scrimshawed with three islands, two with forts flying American flags.
Height 6 in. Width 2 ⅝ in.
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