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AMERICAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WHALE TEETH
American, late 19th century
The first depicting a sailing ship in cartouche with banner Farragut's Flag Ship and Old Salamander David Glasgow Farragut and Damn the torpedoes Full Speed Ahead; the second depicting a sailing ship with banner Stag Hound -- Built for Boston Merchants by Donald McKay with sailing scene on verso entitled The Crew Struggled Aloft; together with a carved whalebone whale stamp
5¼in. long, each (2)
American, late 19th century
The first depicting a sailing ship in cartouche with banner Farragut's Flag Ship and Old Salamander David Glasgow Farragut and Damn the torpedoes Full Speed Ahead; the second depicting a sailing ship with banner Stag Hound -- Built for Boston Merchants by Donald McKay with sailing scene on verso entitled The Crew Struggled Aloft; together with a carved whalebone whale stamp
5¼in. long, each (2)
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