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261. FINE PAIR OF PATRIOTIC WAX ENGRAVER SCRIMSHAWED SPERM WHALE TEETH, circa 1840, each
engraved with a sun face tip above scales of Justice, above a saber through a wreath, above a flying eagle with banner over a central
red and blue wax design of a Federal shield flanked by 6 American flags with tassels, cannons, ramrods, bayonets, axe, etc., all above
a portrait of the ship Columbia with an American flag above its ¼ name plaque, flanked by leaf and berry vines traveling up the tooth;
the reverse with an eagle in flight holding an American flag and laurel sprig, above a naval scene of American and British ships; one
tooth bears a scrimshawed coat-of-arms on the side (possibly Masonic). Note: the lighter tooth was reunited with the other after 30
years to the present owner.
Heights 5 ¾ in. and 6 in.
50,000/60,000
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