Sold for:
$563
$563
Cased Carving Set with Ivory Scrimshaw Handles, "Taylor Witness/Sheffield," c. 1881, the set with a carving knife, the handle engraved with the inscription "Cap'tn Orson, Whaler Star, 1881"; a fork, the handle engraved with a bird perched on a branch; and a sharpening steel, the handle engraved with a sperm whale, all housed in a velvet and padded silk-lined case, the cover of the case centered with an ebonized carved sperm whale plaque, case 5 x 16 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
