SOLD FOR $51,000

Exceedingly Rare and Sophisticated Polychrome Scrimshaw Walrus Ivory and Baleen Busk, mid 19th century, finely executed by a highly skilled artisan, the double arched top scribed with amatory motifs (torch, bow and arrows, billing doves) and conjoined hearts inlay of baleen above four engraved pictorial registers depicting a British warship between two fashionable beauties and flower filled urn, engraved overall with stylized floral garlands. The baleen verso engraved with five registers, viz., a fashionable beauty centering depictions of warships and flower filled urns.
Length 14 ½ in. Width 1 ¾ in.

Provenance:
Skinner, Bolton, MA 06 February, 1994 Lot 56

The Carol and Stephen Memishian
19th C. Scrimshaw Collection