Whaleman Made Whalebone, Whale Ivory and Tortoiseshell Scrimshaw Swift, circa 1840,
turned ivory finial cup and turned and scribed ivory adjusting ring on a whalebone shaft rising from a square whalebone and tortoiseshell table with turned bone spool feet. Fashioned with 144 ribs.
Height 11 in.
Provenance: Barbara Johnson Collection; Northeast Auction;
Thomas A. Gray Scrimshaw Collection