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AMERICAN OR ENGLISH, MID 19TH CENTURY
Details
A SCRIMSHAW WHALE TOOTH
American or English, Mid 19th Century
Inscribed with a parrot to one side, the reverse inscribed with a hut and trees.
6¼ in. long
American or English, Mid 19th Century
Inscribed with a parrot to one side, the reverse inscribed with a hut and trees.
6¼ in. long
Literature
Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. and Mary Grace Carpenter The Decorative Arts and Crafts of Nantucket (New York, 1987) pp. 171-172, figs. 160 and 161.
Special notice
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