Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 2 - 30th June 2022
Lot 682
A SPERM WHALE TOOTH WITH SCRIMSHAW DECORATION
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £120
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Description
A SPERM WHALE TOOTH WITH SCRIMSHAW DECORATION
19TH CENTURY
carved with a mother and two children to one side and a mother and a young child on her lap to verso
15.3cm long
Provenance
The collection of Vice-Admiral Reginald Vesey Holt, C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O. (1884-1957), and thence by descent.