Description:
Scrimshaw Whale's Tooth, America, 19th century, the double-sided tooth decorated with a man in a feathered hat and boots on one side, and a fashionably dressed woman wearing a tiara on the reverse, (minor age cracks to tip),lg. 5 in.
Estimate $800-1,200
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