SAILOR'S WATCH HOLDER Made to hang above the sailor's bunk. Circular hardwood holder, probably walnut, carved with a compass rose at.

SAILOR'S WATCH HOLDER Mid-19th Century

Made to hang above the sailor's bunk. Circular hardwood holder, probably walnut, carved with a compass rose at top and bottom and a diamond design around circumference of side. Height 1.75". Diameter 3.75".

Illustrated in Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders, Whales and Whalemen by E. Norman Flayderman (New Milford, Ct.: N. Flayderman & Co., Inc., 1972), p. 101.

The Collection of Paul Vardeman.

Condition: No damages noted.

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