SOLD FOR $10,200
Early Fine Scrimshaw Lower Panbone Pictorial Plaque, circa 1830, whaleman executed, depicting a three-tier American gun ship anchored off a headland with fortress, an unexecuted information plaque on the upper left (a place for the recipient, giver, port-of-call, ship, etc.), lower vignette of two American barks portside views in full sail, all encompassed in diamond and arc borders; strong ink contrast. 7 ¼ in. x 7 ½ in.

Literature: Flayderman, E. Norman, Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders – Whales and Whalemen, New Milford, Connecticut, Published 1972, pp. 217.