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Auction archive: Lot number 493

A 19th Century whale's tooth with fine and extensive decoration on one side a three masted ship in full sail under a banner inscribed 'The Susan on her homeward bound passage' over an inscription 'Death to the living long live the killers Success to ...

Auction 06.05.1994
6 May 1994
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,202 - US$1,803
Price realised:
£1,980
ca. US$2,976
Auction archive: Lot number 493

A 19th Century whale's tooth with fine and extensive decoration on one side a three masted ship in full sail under a banner inscribed 'The Susan on her homeward bound passage' over an inscription 'Death to the living long live the killers Success to ...

Auction 06.05.1994
6 May 1994
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,202 - US$1,803
Price realised:
£1,980
ca. US$2,976
Beschreibung:

A 19th Century whale's tooth with fine and extensive decoration on one side a three masted ship in full sail under a banner inscribed 'The Susan on her homeward bound passage' over an inscription 'Death to the living long live the killers Success to sailors wives and greasy luck to whalers' and the American Eagle, the base stamped 'A' and 'B, on the other side a three masted ship in the process of catching whales under a banner inscribed 'The Susan on the coast of Japan a whaling' and 'Ship Susan of Nantucket Frederick Swain Master' , the tip with crossed Stars and Stripes and an anchor -- 7in (17.8 cm) long

Auction archive: Lot number 493
Auction:
Datum:
6 May 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A 19th Century whale's tooth with fine and extensive decoration on one side a three masted ship in full sail under a banner inscribed 'The Susan on her homeward bound passage' over an inscription 'Death to the living long live the killers Success to sailors wives and greasy luck to whalers' and the American Eagle, the base stamped 'A' and 'B, on the other side a three masted ship in the process of catching whales under a banner inscribed 'The Susan on the coast of Japan a whaling' and 'Ship Susan of Nantucket Frederick Swain Master' , the tip with crossed Stars and Stripes and an anchor -- 7in (17.8 cm) long

Auction archive: Lot number 493
Auction:
Datum:
6 May 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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