A 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH incised on one side with a three-quarter vessel in full sail on a port reach, entitled over MARIA 1857 -- 5in. (12.5cm.) See illustration 注意事项 No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the...
A 19TH CENTURY SAILOR'S SCRIMSHAW-WORKED WHALE'S TOOTH incised with a British whaler becalmed, the reverse with an erotic scene -- 7½in. (19cm.) high See illustration 注意事項 No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium wh...
Heres the technology that helped scientists find itand what it may have been used for. Whale bones and teeth are frequently used in scrimshaw art, which is perfectly legal except when done with ivory taken from endangered animals, according to Section 32.2. "This could mean that their . Blue...
Royce in Kadavu:This morning the Kadavu god was broughtto me. It had been kept secret till the presenttime; the god is no more nor less than afine whale's tooth, and by appearance andreport [is] a venerable fellow.(Royce 1855-62: 354)Cited in Tomlinson (2012: 215)Rod Ewins...
A 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH incised on one side depiciting an American whaler running before the wind in full sail, named Dove, 1871 -- 4in. (10cm.) high See illustration 注意事项 No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to...