SOLD FOR $48,000
Fantastic Large Size Polychrome, Stippled and Scrimshawed Sperm Whale Tooth, circa 1840-1860, a portside view portrait of an American bark in full sail flying colors and pennant, a mermaid with headdress, long flowing hair holding an arrow tied to a banner “Let Sailors Be Obedient When Men of Worth Command”; the reverse vertical scene of an “Inn” with twin chimneys and picket fence above an iron arbor surrounded by leaf stalks with kissing birds above the word “Love”; the tips with four decorative wraparound borders and the base with two decorative wraparound borders. This skillful engraver with his design and execution was able to minimize the slight deformity of the tooth.
Height 7 ¾ in.
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