POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH Obverse depicts a spread-wing eagle above a portrait of a brig above a scene of a gaff-rigged slo..

POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH Mid-19th Century

Obverse depicts a spread-wing eagle above a portrait of a brig above a scene of a gaff-rigged sloop approaching land. Eagle with a shield dangling from its neck and arrows in its talons. Brig flying an American flag off the stern and a red pennant from the central mast. Reverse depicts floral and foliate sprays with blossoms colored with red ink. Length 7". Includes a wooden base with silver mount in a pierced star design.

Illustrated in Through the Eyes of a Collector by Nina Hellman (2015), fig. 22.

Provenance:

William Boylhart Collection.

The Thomas Mittler Scrimshaw Collection.

Condition: Typical roughness at base.

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