AN INCISED WHALEBONE STAMP

Details
AN INCISED WHALEBONE STAMP
AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY

The elongated baluster form with multiple reeded decoration above a reeded half-sphere, the underside carved with a twisted rope border centering a star flanked above by a sperm whale and below by the name, "Dove"--3¾in. high, 1 5/8in. diameter of stamp
Provenance
The Blue Door Antiques, Bridgehampton, N.Y., 1976