Sailor Decorated Swordfish Bill, Signed and Dated T. Miller, 1851, the carved wood saber handle with rope grip attached to the bill having 5 scrimshaw vignettes, each separated by diamond shaped abalone inlays amongst scrimshawed leaves. The first scene of an American bark in full sail, compass rose, baleen whale, the phrase found on Myrick’s Susan’s teeth “Death to the Living, Long Life to the Killers, Success to Sailor’s Wives and Greasy Luck to Whalers,” T. Miller, 1851.
Length 31 ¾ in.