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193. IMPRESSIVE WHALEMAN MADE INLAID WHALE IVORY AND WHALEBONE DOUBLE SWIFT, circa
1830-1840, the spiked finial and lower table standard fashioned of whale ivory with heavy lathe-work and red wax scribe lines and
extremely fine zigzag wheel above the cage. Two scrolled ivory table clamps (one with tortoiseshell inlaid stars and worms) the upper
and lower band inlaid with diamond shaped tortoiseshell. The double cage constructed of 72 reeded whalebone ribs with silver rivets
projecting from a square ivory shaft inlaid with abalone dots and tortoiseshell diamonds. Height 25 ½ in.
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