Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2494Location: BostonDate / Time: March 07, 2010 11:00AM
Description:
Scrimshaw Whale's Tooth, 19th century, one side depicting a whaleboat with whalers, one harpooning a spouting whale, the mother ship in the distance, the reverse depicting a Portuguese church, flying an American flag, over a scene with a lady under a palm tree, (crack, chips),lg. 6 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,500
a 1 in. crack at bottom center of side with church, also a couple chips around bottom about 1/2 in. lg.