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A SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WALRUS TUSK
carved and incised overall with a whaler off an iceberg initialled and entitled B.L.V. Fairhaven ~ Nantucket, the reverse with a carved flower and inscription reading Ship of Nantucket Sahorn Lies at anchor in Papatoa Bay Moored Island 18th July 1847 , mounted on a black marble plinth -- 9in. (23cm.) high
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carved and incised overall with a whaler off an iceberg initialled and entitled B.L.V. Fairhaven ~ Nantucket, the reverse with a carved flower and inscription reading Ship of Nantucket Sahorn Lies at anchor in Papatoa Bay Moored Island 18
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