Sold for:
$770
$770
Stipple-decorated Whale's Tooth, dated 1909, decorated on both sides with bust portraits of women, one surrounded by a garland of flowers, one side inscribed "Fayal/Horta 1909," mounted on a wooden stand, overall ht. 8 1/2 in. Provenance: Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection Part I, sold at Sotheby's, December 11 & 12, 1981. Note: Fayal and Horta refer to locations in the Azores often visited by whaling ships.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-07