SOLD FOR $18,000
19th Century Carved and Turned Whale Ivory and Whalebone Swift on Exotic Wood Base, whalebone shaft and staves, ivory cup finial, segmented standard and clamp with screw adjustment, the octagonal stand is fitted with four small drawers alternate with dummy drawers, all with ivory knobs below a whalebone balustrade with ivory corner posts, circumscribing four concentric whalebone bands, the whole raised on turned ivory feet.
Height 20 ½ in. Case: 15 in. x 15 in.
Provenance:
Rafael Osona Auctions
August 7, 1993, Lot 86
The Carol and Stephen Memishian
19th C. Scrimshaw Collection
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