SOLD FOR $4,800

Whalebone and Pinewood Rope Twister, 19th century.
Height 26 in. (including modern display base) Length 19 in. Diameter 12 ½ in.

“Individual strands were affixed to the whalebone rods after which the crank was turned and the individual strands were twisted into a single length of rope.”
Source: E. Norman Flayderman, Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders, New Milford, CT, 1972.

Literature:
Illustrated pgs 47 and 125
E. Norman Flayderman, Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders, New Milford, CT, 1972

Exhibited:
American Museum of Folk Art, New York
“Hunt for the Whale, 1967
Mystic Seaport, 1978

Provenance:
Barbara Johnson Collection
Rafael Osona’s Barbara Johnson Sale
August 14, 1993 Lot 155
The Carol and Stephen Memishian
19th C. Scrimshaw Collection