Sailor Made Scrimshaw Panbone Ditty Box, circa 1850,
the oval mahogany lid wrapped with a single piece of panbone joined by double line of rivets ending in a saw tooth design. Hand written on bottom: T.J.H. Nantucket, Mass.
Height 3 in. x 8 ½ in. x 6 ¼ in.
Sailor Made Scrimshaw Panbone Ditty Box, circa 1850,
the oval pine top and bottom wrapped with panbone, scalloped bands and rivets.
Height 3 in. x 9 ¼ in. x 6 in.
Offered as individual lots.
Provenance: The Nantucket Estate of Georgia P. Gosnell
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