Scrimshaw Whale's Tooth

Description:

Scrimshaw Whale's Tooth, America, 19th century, the double-sided tooth carved with a profile portrait of a fashionable woman on one side, and a girl seated on a cushion on the other, (age cracks),lg. 5 1/4 in.
Estimate $800-1,200


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