LIGNUM VITAE DEADEYE Mounted as a table lamp on a sheave base salvaged from the whaleship Wanderer. The lamp was assembled by Bill S...

LIGNUM VITAE DEADEYE Late 19th/Early 20th Century

Mounted as a table lamp on a sheave base salvaged from the whaleship Wanderer. The lamp was assembled by Bill Snow, the grandson of Mrs. Edna Clark of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Clark's shop on Water Street sold many pieces salvaged from the wreck of the Wanderer. Overall height including lamp fixtures 25".

Provenance:

The Stock Exchange Antiques, Nantucket, Massachusetts.

The Collection of Paul Vardeman.

Condition: Piece has been glued at crack in center.

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