08-08-201508-08-2015
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 8, 2015 10:00 AMCalender
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Large Scrimshaw-decorated Whale's Tooth

Sell one like this
$6,765$5,500
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2838MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 08, 2015 10:00AM

Description:

Large Scrimshaw-decorated Whale's Tooth, America, mid to late 19th century, with incised carvings of a child holding a crop riding the back of a large dog, a soldier on horseback, a three-masted vessel flying American flags, a portrait bust of a woman wearing roses in her hair, and a full-length portrait of a fashionably dressed woman, (minor chips and cracks),lg. 8 in.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

chips to lower edges, 1-inch shrinkage crack into saling vessel, 1.5-inch crack into fashionable lady, other minor cracks.


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