Sold for $244

Whaler Made “Glory of the Morning” Viewing Tablet, circa 1840, two mahogany sandwiched boards trimmed in ebony on the front with six floating shells, six glass beads, stippled whalebone swivel peephole cover above a partial carved bone knob which operates a series of colored filters; Flanked to the North and South with glass windows, one with shells, the other with a carved half-profile portrait of a lady on a printed portrait of a girl. The whalebone hanger painted “Glory of the Morning.” The reverse with a conforming whalebone swivel peephole cover and an ivory knob to protect the bone cover.

Overall 16 ¼ in. x 7 ½ in. x 1 1/8 in.