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PROBABLY BRITISH; 19TH CENTURY
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A scrimshaw pan bone engraved with a coastal scene**
Probably British; 19th century
[unsigned], engraved with an elaboarte scene with five ships in a fortified British harbor, and a clipper ship departing under full sail, at the center is a portrait of a sailor, and across the top are portraits of four ships, possibly the ships the sailor served on, including two men-of-war from the age of sail, and two commercial sail/paddle steamers.
5¼ x 18½ in. (13.3 x 47 cm.)
Probably British; 19th century
[unsigned], engraved with an elaboarte scene with five ships in a fortified British harbor, and a clipper ship departing under full sail, at the center is a portrait of a sailor, and across the top are portraits of four ships, possibly the ships the sailor served on, including two men-of-war from the age of sail, and two commercial sail/paddle steamers.
5¼ x 18½ in. (13.3 x 47 cm.)
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