Two Fine and Large Boldly Stippled and Polychromed Sperm Whale Teeth by Manual Monteiro, last quarter 19th century, taken from the same jaw. The first is the larger and also stippled throughout the tooth; decorated with a three-quarter portrait of a well-dressed lady with hat and holding a fan, the reverse having a similarly fashionably dressed lady; the narrow side shows a majestic building with a miniature figure on a chaise below; the opposing side depicts a polychrome portrait of a fish spanning the full length of the tooth and spewing air bubbles to the surface.
Height 6 ½ in. Width 4 in.

The second signed and inscribed “Manuel Monteiro – I love you” and decorated with two ladies in long dresses, one with a fan and the other with a bouquet, a young girl walking away and another in half portrait and holding a doll, and a dog’s head.
Height 6 ¼ in.