Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 11th August 2020
Lot 58
A RARE SAILOR'S WHALEBONE MODEL OF A HUMAN SKULL 19TH CENTURY OR POSSIBLY EARLIER possibly carved...
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £2000
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Description
A RARE SAILOR'S WHALEBONE MODEL OF A HUMAN SKULL
19TH CENTURY OR POSSIBLY EARLIER
possibly carved from a whale's vertebrae as a memento mori, with bone teeth
20.5cm high