THE "MELVINA WRIGHT" POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH Obverse with a full-length portrait of a Victorian woman holding a basket of..

THE "MELVINA WRIGHT" POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH Mid-19th Century

Obverse with a full-length portrait of a Victorian woman holding a basket of flowers in her right hand and a large flowering blossom in her left hand. Identified as "Melvina Wright" in banner above her head. Reverse depicts a full-rigged three-masted single-deck American warship. Length 8.75".

Provenance:

The Kobacker Scrimshaw Collection.

Condition: Slight age crack at center of woman's portrait. Several age cracks near base.

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