Sailor Made Scrimshaw Panbone and Mahogany Oval Ditty Box, circa 1860, domed wood with bone band, the box with a large piece of panbone joined by a piece of vertical bone with double line of rivets.
Height 6 in. Length 10 in. Width 7 ½ in.
Provenance: The Estate of Georgia P. Gosnell, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, Sold Rafael Osona Auctions August 1, 2015; Private Collector
Sailor Made Panbone Ditty Box, circa 1860, oval form with pine wood inset star within a circle top and heavy impasto decorated bottom, joined with copper rivets.
Height 2 ¾ in. Length 5 ½ in. Width 4 ¼ in.
Sailor Made Whalebone and Wood Ditty Box, circa 1860, oval form with wood top and bottom with bone band having scalloped laps.
Height 3 ½ in. Length 9 ¼ in. Width 6 ¾ in.
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