SOLD FOR $3,900

Pair of Sailor Scrimshaw Polychrome Sperm Whale Teeth, 19th century, each engraved recto with a large bird atop a tree stump, amidst luxuriant leafy branches, her companion flies overhead, verso swan swims on placid water, flanked by overreaching slender trees, mounted together on a rectangular wood plinth.
Length 6 ¼ in. and 6 ½ in.

Provenance:
The Carol and Stephen Memishian
19th C. Scrimshaw Collection