Image Lot Price Description


2556
$1,185.00

TWO SCRIMSHAW WHALE’S TEETH. Mid-20th century, New England. The first depicting the battle between the Constitution and the Java and dated “1812”. The second titled “A COURTNEY & TENNANT BLOCKADE RUNNER BEATS THE MONITOR”. The reverse with prose sympathetic to the South during the Civil War with the date “1862”. SIZE: 1) 4-3/4″ h. 2) 5″ h. PROVENANCE: From a private California collection. CONDITION: The first drilled for mounting. Otherwise good. The second very good with tea patination. 9-28629, 9-28655 (1,200-1,800)


Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2013
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