Rare Scrimshaw Panbone and Mahogany Swing Handle Bonnet Box, circa 1830, round form made of a single piece of bone joined by riveted long laps with lollipop ends. The band top and base secured to the wood with bone pegs, the handle is attached with turned knobs.
Height 7 ¾ in. Diameter 9 ½ in.

Provenance: Barbara Johnson Collection, Sold Rafael Osona Auctions August 13, 1994; The Estate of Georgia P. Gosnell, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, Sold Rafael Osona Auctions August 1, 2015; Private Collector

Illustrated: E. Norman Flayderman’s Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders – Whales and Whalemen, Published 1972, pg. 228.