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a scrimshaw-decorated letter opener
With six panels depicting two whaling ships, a lady with anchor, a kneeling sailor, a palm grove, and a sailor with US Flag - 32cm. long; another decorated with cornucopiae and inscribed Whaler's star; and a smaller letter opener (3)
With six panels depicting two whaling ships, a lady with anchor, a kneeling sailor, a palm grove, and a sailor with US Flag - 32cm. long; another decorated with cornucopiae and inscribed Whaler's star; and a smaller letter opener (3)