6th May, 2021 12:00

From the Curious to the Extraordinary
 
Lot 133
 

A 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW SPERM WHALE TOOTH DEPICTING WHALING

A 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW SPERM WHALE TOOTH DEPICTING WHALING

scratch engraved with a scene of a small boat with five men and one over board, one spearing a large whale, a further ship in the background,

19cm long

This lot is subject to CITES.

Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from a private collection on the Island Orkney, where it had remained in the same family for generations, the family having long ties to the whaling industry.

Sold for £812

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

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