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125. WHALEMAN MADE WHALEBONE, WHALE IVORY AND TORTOISESHELL SWIFT, circa 1840, turned ivory
finial cup and turned and scribed ivory adjusting ring on a whalebone shaft rising from a square whalebone and tortoiseshell table with
turned bone spool feet. Fashioned with 144 ribs retaining the original Barbara Johnson Delector in Balaenis printed label.
Height 11 in.
2,000/3,000
Provenance: Barbara Johnson Collection, Northeast Auction2012, Thomas A. Gray Collection
126. WHALER CARVED WHALE IVORY PIE CRIMPER, circa 1840-60, a solid zigzag wheel on a simple single piece of
ivory arched grip with a delicate curious serpent approaching the wheel and the rest of its body trails under the grip.
Length 6 ¼ in.
1,500/2,500
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