Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 22nd September 2021
Lot 104
A SAILOR'S SCRIMSHAW BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN JAW BONE
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
A SAILOR'S SCRIMSHAW BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN JAW BONE
MID-19TH CENTURY
the exterior of each half engraved with a fully rigged three masted sailing ship or schooner and with three other vessels, the sky with hatched shading, possibly representing aurora boreralis or the Northern Lights, the interiors with scribed circles and flowerhead designs, one half retaining two teeth (2)
48.5cm long
Catalogue Note
See the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, object no. A4652 for a similar Australian example.