Captain H. Pease Nantucket Scrimshaw Antique Sperm Whale Tooth, 19th Century, engraved with an American whaler and 5 longboats out on a pod of 14 whales and inscribed “Ship Catawba of Nantucket – Captain H. Pease – Pacific Ocean – Sept 1844.” The verso engraved with 3 whale ships and 6 longboats out on 4 whales and inscribed “Whaling off coast of Tahitti.” (sic) Engraved between the scenes an inscription within scrolls “J. Morgan Harpooner.”
Length 6 ¾ in. Width 1 ¾ in.
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