Lot 168
SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH
19TH CENTURY
Auction: 9 December 2009 at 11:00 GMT
£375
Description
engraved with a seated lady in traditional costume on a parquetry floor
Dimensions
21cm long
Footnote
similar example in the Kendall Whaling collection (now in New Bedford) which bears the name Moses Denning. He is recorded as a house carpenter in Boston circa 1840, he is thought to have been a ships carpenter before this date.