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A 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH LETTER-OPENER
incised over both sides, the handle with a whale and whaler, the blade engraved The Ship Wanderer and REMEMBER ME, WHEN I'M AT SEA FOR MY LOVE FOR YOU IS ALWAYS TRUE, initialled and dated 'J.H.M 1827' -- 13¼in. (34cm.) long
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incised over both sides, the handle with a whale and whaler, the blade engraved The Ship Wanderer and REMEMBER ME, WHEN I'M AT SEA FOR MY LOVE FOR YOU IS ALWAYS TRUE, initialled and dated 'J.H.M 1827' -- 13¼in. (34cm.) long
See illustration
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