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2010
$850.50

RARE SCRIMSHAW TOOTH OF A YOUNG WOMAN WITH A BALLOON. Circa 1880, New England. Polychrome scrimshaw of a young girl with jacket and skirt standing on a square pedestal holding a balloon aloft in her left hand. Scrimmed in shades of red and black ink. SIZE: 6-1/4″ l. PROVENANCE: From a private Utah collection. CONDITION: Well polished with slight surface soiling, good mellow patina, base of tooth with old shrinkage cracks. Very good. 9-90374 (1,000-1,500)


Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2013
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