Ø A FINE SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE’S TOOTH CARVING SET, CIRCA 1850

comprising a pair of 6in. teeth, the fork worked overall with vessel underway and whales spouting behind within foliate borders, the knife with becalmed whaler to one side, the blade stamped VR with maker’s mark for Thornhill, the knife 21in. (54cm.)

(2, a pair)

Condition Report

Steel time stained; the knife with several nibbles to blade

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