Fancy Whaler Made 12-Spool Stand, circa 1840, constructed with mixed materials, this octagonal 3-tier contrasting tropical wood box has a large turned whale ivory cup and 4 ivory spool pegs on the top tier above a larger conforming tier with turned ivory balusters and 8 ivory spool pegs above the conforming box with 8 ivory balusters and central standards rising from an octagonal box with 4 drawers and 4 panels all inlaid with same pattern of baleen, abalone, ivory, diamond and circles; 8 vertical carved ivory posts separate each panel, supported on turned whale ivory cone feet. Silver inlaid dots throughout, all the ivory pegs, balusters, pulls, cup and feet are scribed and polychromed in the same red and green.
Height 12 ½ in. Diameter 9 ¼ in.