Exotic Wood Parquetry Obelisk, 19th century, the miniature monument of tropical woods inlaid on three sides with geometric motifs centered by a large abalone lozenge inlay.
Height 13 ½ in. Width 3 ½ in. Depth 3 ½ in.
Literature: Illustrated page 35, E. Norman Flayderman, Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders, New Milford, CT, 1972.
Sailor Made Whalebone Winder or Ribbon Crimper, 19th century, with baleen dots and abalone inlays.
Length 9 ½ in.
Provenance: Skinner, Boston, 12 January 1997, Lot 12
Literature: Illustrated p. 204 in E. Norman Flayderman,
Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders, New Milford, CT, 1972.
Both Lots From The Carol and Stephen Memishian
19th C. Scrimshaw Collection
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