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47. WHALER MADE WHALE IVORY, WHALEBONE, MOTHER-OF-PEARL, ABALONE AND BALEEN
WALKING STICK, circa 1860-1870, a robust and shapely polyhedron grip and square post carved from a single piece of ivory
on a baleen spacer conforming to a square section of bone with four-reeded columns openwork and a twisted rod interior, flanked
by square blocks inlaid with mother of pearl and abalone squares and diamonds, above a reeded section and 3-thin wafers flanking a
fluted section, above a twist carving ending in a long ferrule. A custom pine wall mount with Barbara Johnson Delector in Balaenis
printed label. Length 36 ¾ in.
30,000/50,000
Provenance: Frank Sylvia – Nantucket; Sold Sotheby’s “The Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection: Part IV,” December 17, 1983, lot 296.
Exhibited: Snug Harbor
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