Lot 99A: 19th c. Whale’s Tooth

Lot 99A: 19th c. Whale’s Tooth

Estimate: $500 – $700

With folky scrimshawed horizontal eagle and shield, and “Pluribus Unum” in a banner in it’s beak, American stripes and stars flag below, with a vertical three-masted ship on the opposite side, 5 1/2″ h, 2 1/2″ (ship), along with an antique whale’s pan bone, (ex. Archibald estate, Powder Point, Duxbury, MA).

Description

19th c. whale’s tooth