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55. BOOK: THE POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES MONTGOMERY
WITH WHALING SCENE FORE-EDGE VIEW, PUBLISHED GALL &
INGLIS, Edinburgh, 1860, 456 pps with engraved title and 7 plates, with crushed
Moroccan embossed leather binding and gilt edge. Dedication on leaf dated 1862
from Charlotte A. Montgomery. When the fore-edge is fanned there is a fine,
colored view of whaleships in the ice and a boat in the foreground approaching a
large whale with harpooner with raised iron.
56. ROBERT PERRIN (1915-1999) FOLK ART MIXED MEDIA CARPET “GREASY LUCK,” constructed from various
carpet scraps, depicting a 19 th C. whale hunt with longboat, stove boat and whale ship in the distance.
25 in. x 50 in.
57. WHALEMAN MADE WHALE IVORY AND SAND GLASS TIMER, circa 1830, two piece ivory plates connected by
three turned and carved whale ivory pillars, glass supported by multiple ivory pegs. Height 5 in. Diameter 3 ¼ in.
58. WHALEBONE, BRASS AND STEEL SAILOR’S KNIFE, mid 19 th century, turned bone knob grip on three brass bands
with a steel tapering blade, leather sheath. Length 10 i n.
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