SOLD FOR $16,800
Fine and Rare American Scrimshawed Sperm Whale Tooth, circa 1840, a legend under the waterline reads “Invoy . of . Newportt . RI .” This tooth is important and rare as it identifies the ship, port and timeline. Above is a portside portrait of the Envoy with false gunports, some sails furled and two whaleboats out. Each whaleboat sailing in opposite directions with harpoons at the ready. One approaching a diving whale, the other on the stern side with a warf stuck. The Envoy’s first voyage sailed out of Providence, Rhode Island with Captain J.C. Clark on December 26, 1833 and returned January 1, 1838. The whale tooth is scrimshawed 270 degrees around the tooth.
Length 6 ⅝ in. Width 2 in.
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