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107. A PAIR OF 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE’S TEETH


worked over all sides with apparently unconnected subjects comprising a Knight and song bird; and ?Lord Byron and a reclining savage, both mounted teeth on wooden plinths, the teeth -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high


(2, a pair) £200-300


108. A 19TH-CENTURY NARWHAL TUSK WALKING STICK


with gentle cork-screw twist, pleasant yellow finish and silver cap -- 30in. (76cm.) high


£2000-3000 109.


A FINE 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S CARVED WHALEBONE AND MARINE IVORY WALKING STICK


with contrasting barley-twist shaft terminating in a fluted ivory handle with baleen edging under -- 34½in. (87.5cm.) long


£1500-2000 110.


A FINE 19TH-CENTURY AMERICAN SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW- DECORATED SWEETHEARTS WHALEBONE STAY BUSK


incised over both sides with a whaling scene off a tropical headland, and lover’s motifs and American patriotic symbols highlighted in red ink, inscribed BARON across centre -- 12½in. (32cm.) long


£800-1200 111.


AN UNUSUAL 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW- DECORATED MARINE IVORY AND BALEEN FID


constructed in sections and incised in the round and comprising tables with symbols and (?)shorthand, barrels created by month, a (?)salamander interspersed with geometric designs and terminating in an ebonised baleen tip -- 18½in. (47cm.) long


£800-1200


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