Exceptional Stippled Two-Sided Scrimshaw Sperm Whale’s Tooth, circa 1850-1860, a full portrait of a fashionably dressed young lady standing amid foliage with butterflies and in a breeze, as shown in the movement of her scarf. The reverse depicts an American square-rigged bark flying colors in choppy waters viewed from a formal balcony with marble plinth and planter urn; rich deep honey patina. Length 6 in.
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