SOLD FOR $48,000
Pair of Mid-19th Century “Banknote Engraver” Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Teeth, incised and inked recto with framed oval reserves of lovely young women, verso with harbor scenes, one depicting two three-masted ships anchored before a town, the other shows an American ship entering a foreign port, the national flags inked in blue and red.
Length 6 ¾ in.
Provenance:
Nina Hellman, Nantucket, MA
The Carol and Stephen Memishian
19th C. Scrimshaw Collection
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