PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WALRUS TUSKS Both with an elaborate floral vine above four vignettes. One tusk depicts a puppy jumping on a child...
PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WALRUS TUSKS 19th Century
Both with an elaborate floral vine above four vignettes. One tusk depicts a puppy jumping on a child in a carriage, a woman feeding chickens, a polar bear facing off with a man wielding a dagger, and the ship "Victoria". (The Victoria was lost in the Arctic in the 1871 disaster.) Other tusk depicts a young couple and their dog, a mother and her two children bundling sticks, a man poised to harpoon a walrus, and a man smoking a pipe while seated on a crate surrounded by barrels. Lengths 30.25".
Similar examples by the same hand were sold by the Richard A. Bourne Company, Hyannis, Massachusetts, August 1966, Lot #279; November 10, 1988, Lot #246; August 5, 1980, Lot #36; and August 1-2, 1978, Lot #423. Another tusk by the same hand, owned by the Focke Museum in Hamburg, Germany, is illustrated in Arts of the Seafarer by Hans Jurgen Hansen (1968), p. 273 .
Provenance:
Private Collection. Purchased in Vancouver, B.C., August 1963.
The Collection of Paul Vardeman.
Condition: One with old shallow chip on obverse of tip.
This item will not be shipped internationally without a CITES permit. Obtaining CITES and any other necessary permits is the obligation of the buyer.
Please contact Eldred''s 48 hours prior to the auction start time with condition report requests. Please do not bid on any item without reading the condition report. The absence of a condition report does NOT imply that an an object is free of defects or restoration. Please contact Eldred''s before bidding with any questions as to condition. Condition reports are provided as a complimentary service and only reflect the opinion of Eldred''s and should not be taken as a statement of fact. Condition reports only detail flaws or restorations and do not take into account wear, fading, or other issues consistent with an object''s age.
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PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WALRUS TUSKS 19th Century
Both with an elaborate floral vine above four vignettes. One tusk depicts a puppy jumping on a child in a carriage, a woman feeding chickens, a polar bear facing off with a man wielding a dagger, and the ship "Victoria". (The Victoria was lost in the Arctic in the 1871 disaster.) Other tusk depicts a young couple and their dog, a mother and her two children bundling sticks, a man poised to harpoon a walrus, and a man smoking a pipe while seated on a crate surrounded by barrels. Lengths 30.25".
Similar examples by the same hand were sold by the Richard A. Bourne Company, Hyannis, Massachusetts, August 1966, Lot #279; November 10, 1988, Lot #246; August 5, 1980, Lot #36; and August 1-2, 1978, Lot #423. Another tusk by the same hand, owned by the Focke Museum in Hamburg, Germany, is illustrated in Arts of the Seafarer by Hans Jurgen Hansen (1968), p. 273 .
Provenance:
Private Collection. Purchased in Vancouver, B.C., August 1963.
The Collection of Paul Vardeman.
Condition: One with old shallow chip on obverse of tip.
This item will not be shipped internationally without a CITES permit. Obtaining CITES and any other necessary permits is the obligation of the buyer.
Please contact Eldred''s 48 hours prior to the auction start time with condition report requests. Please do not bid on any item without reading the condition report. The absence of a condition report does NOT imply that an an object is free of defects or restoration. Please contact Eldred''s before bidding with any questions as to condition. Condition reports are provided as a complimentary service and only reflect the opinion of Eldred''s and should not be taken as a statement of fact. Condition reports only detail flaws or restorations and do not take into account wear, fading, or other issues consistent with an object''s age.
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