Nantucket Whalebone and Whale Ivory Swift, circa 1845, thirty-two polychromed hairline scrimshawed concentric circles in blue and red on ivory finial cup and barrel form clamp with blind clamp screw, a double bone exterior cage with reeded ribs and an unusual two-on-one silver riveted reeded fan interior bone cage support, sixty-four reeded staves.
Provenance: Edouard Stackpole Collection, Barbara Johnson, Sold Sotheby’s “The Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection: Part II,” September 24-25, 1982, to present owner.
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