POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH WITH EAGLE AND WHALING IMAGES Obverse depicts a spread-wing eagle clutching olive branches and ar..

POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH WITH EAGLE AND WHALING IMAGES Mid-19th Century

Obverse depicts a spread-wing eagle clutching olive branches and arrows in its talons hovering above a coastal scene of a ship flying an American flag off the stern. A large American ensign frames the scene at left, with buildings, another ship and a lighthouse in the background. Reverse, titled "Aug. 7. 1844 Took 90 Barrel. Whale.", depicts a whaling scene with whaleship and two whaleboats, one of which is being stoved by a sperm whale. Imagine inspired from the 1844 masthead of "The Whalemen's Shipping List". Length 4.25".

Provenance:

Estate of Edouard Stackpole of Nantucket, Massachusetts. An author and whaling historian, Stackpole was an editor of the Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror , a president of the Nantucket Historical Association and a founder/director of Mystic Seaport.

Richard "Sam" Sylvia, Nantucket, Massachusetts.

The Collection of Paul Vardeman.

Condition: Age crack at tip, not impacting scenes.

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