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A LATE 19TH-CENTURY SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH, HAM BONE AND BALEEN WATCH STAND


comprising a pair of teeth, each incised over one side with a British whaler named Nancy; and a tar with his weeping sweetheart, mounted on shaped bone and wood base with foliate border, brass feet, and ivory step incised with lover’s heart, shaped baleen panel supporting a pocket watch by Waltham, with white enamel dial and gold hands -- 6 x 8½in. (15.2 x 21.5cm.)


£800-1200


124. A 19TH-CENTURY SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH


worked overall with roundels depicting Hope by her anchor, a British man o’war, a Napoleonic soldier and a church within foliate etched border, the root cap in white metal -- 6in. (15cm.) high; 465g.


£600-800


125. A WHALE TOOTH DESK CLOCK


comprising an unmarked tooth, drilled and fitted to receive a watch-type timepiece, secured to baleen base with marine ivory feet -- 5¾in. (14.5cm.) high overall


£150-250


126. A 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR’S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH


worked over both sides with a pod of sperm whales approaching a whaler; and a profile of a ship entitled CANOPEAK (upper section with old losses; root plugged with wood) -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) high; 574g.; mounted on an ornate carved wooden stand in the form of three dolphins, overall height including tooth -- 15in. (38cm.)


‘Canopeak’ is probably a naïve spelling of Canopic, a name used by the Royal Navy for several generations of warship.


£1000-1500


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