SCRIMSHAW WHALE TOOTH, circa 1830, encompassed within an upper and lower dot, loop and saw-tooth border a fine engraved portrait of a wealthy lady in fine dress wearing a double strand of pearls and a fancy hairdo. The reverse engraved with two love doves. The pearls and dot border executed with deep punch work and fine execution reminiscent or in the School of the Bank Note Engraver.
Height 5 ½ in.
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