Details
A WHALEBONE TRIPLE-BLOCK
AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular form with bowed sides and chamfered edges enclosing two whalebone dividers punctuated by three grooved whalebone disks, the whole bound in rope with iron ring-mount at top--4½in. length, 2½in. wide, 1 7/8in. deep
AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular form with bowed sides and chamfered edges enclosing two whalebone dividers punctuated by three grooved whalebone disks, the whole bound in rope with iron ring-mount at top--4½in. length, 2½in. wide, 1 7/8in. deep
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, The Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection, Part IV, 16 December 1983, lot 555
Exhibited
Nantucket, Ma., Nantucket Whaling Museum, Barbara Johnson Scrimshaw Collection, 1977