Ø A FINE 19TH-CENTURY SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH DEPICTING THE BATTLE OF NAVARINO
inscribed over both sides and depicting ships firing broadsides amidst billows of smoke, with red and blue ink highlighting, inscribed underneath Th. Adl., ASIA, Ad. Cod:, EN.Ad. (NAVARIN); the reverse depicting a ship sailing in a heavy swell and entitled Storm at sea -- 8in. (20.3cm.), 650g.

Condition Report
Find condition overall; shrinkage cracks to root extending 1½in. on both sides.

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