Sold for:
$7,110
$7,110
Engraved Whale's Tooth with Ship and Figure of a Gentleman, c. 1850s, the obverse depicting a ship at sea flying an American pennant with stars and stripes below an arch of six five-point stars, heightened with red; the reverse depicting a full-length figure of a gentleman wearing a frock coat, striped vest and trousers, with a walking stick and carrying a top hat, flanked by a leafy vine with red blossoms, (age cracks), ht. 5 3/8 in. Several age cracks around tip of tooth, old 1/3 in. dia. chip on base of tooth.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-03-06
