RARE AND UNUSUAL SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE PLAQUE Carved whalebone figure of Neptune mounted on an oval piece of whale vertebrae. Neptune...

RARE AND UNUSUAL SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE PLAQUE First Half of the 19th Century

Carved whalebone figure of Neptune mounted on an oval piece of whale vertebrae. Neptune holds a trident in his right hand, a cloth in his left hand and is riding a clamshell drawn by two seahorses. Below Neptune is the face of a mythological creature. Overall 12.25" x 10.25".

Provenance:

The Whaling Collection of the Late Richard J. Wehle, Richard A. Bourne Company, Hyannis, Massachusetts, May 30, 1990.

Condition: Some portions of trident missing. Cloth is broken near Neptune's hand. Some deterioration of clamshell, possibly part of the making or naturally occuring in the bone.

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