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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SCRIMSHAW WALRUS TUSKS
Each engraved and coloured, one with a full length figure of a girl in a green coat over her skirt, with button boots above a half length figure of an elegant woman in a low cut gown holding a sheet of music; the other with a full length figure of a young urchin in shorts holding up a spoon and jar, above a half length figure of an elegant lady holding a fan, 42 cm. (16 in.) long; and a scrapbook outlining the provenance of these scrimshaw as having belonged to Captain Lucas of the 'Emily Downing' out of Hobart
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Each engraved and coloured, one with a full length figure of a girl in a green coat over her skirt, with button boots above a half length figure of an elegant woman in a low cut gown holding a sheet of music; the other with a full length figure of a young urchin in shorts holding up a spoon and jar, above a half length figure of an elegant lady holding a fan, 42 cm. (16 in.) long; and a scrapbook outlining the provenance of these scrimshaw as having belonged to Captain Lucas of the 'Emily Downing' out of Hobart
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