Whaleman Made Scrimshaw Whalebone Ditty Box, 19th century, of drum form with mahogany top panel and base, the engraved and inked decoration includes an oval portrait medallion of Mary Wortley Montague centering the cover which is encircled by a band of vinery, three vignettes of fighting men round the sides: Scotsmen with staves, Ottoman soldiers and a knight crusader, the whalebone joint features six fingers with lollipop ends.
Height 5 ¼ in. Diameter 7 ¼ in.