Whaleman Crafted Scrimshaw Whalebone Pocket Watch Case, circa 1882,
in the form of an eight-sided casket with lignum vitae fitted corners, mounted on a whalebone wall plaque, cut and pierced with a pair of birds atop. Each side panel studded and scrimshawed with foliage and the front depicting a dog standing under a tree, stippled on verso, “John Almys 1882.”
Height 7 in. Width 5 in.
Provenance: Kahn Fine Antiques;
Thomas A. Gray Scrimshaw Collection