$1,320
Eleven Small Scrimshaw Trinkets and Whaling Related Items, 19th century, an engraved whalebone slide-lid book-form box with tortoiseshell inlay, one side with a heart-in-hand motif, the other side with a vase of flowers, an octagonal covered box with turned feet and geometric bone inlay, a turned ivory seal with relief-carved whale, engraved with engraved inscriptions "FINN BACK/CANTON PACKET/NEW BEDFORD MASS. /1852," a whale tooth keepsake box with copper enameled porcelain lid inscribed "In Remembrance of a FRIEND," a whalebone and ebony whistle, a miniature upper plate denture, a steel whistle, four oval boxes, one made of horn and wood, a lapped-seam covered pantry box, the top of the cover impressed "SPRAGUE," a wooden box with heart, diamond, and dot inlay, and a lapped-seam covered pantry box with stenciled "Preserved Figs" label, dia. 5/8 to 4 1/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-27
