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Auction archive: Lot number 64

A pair of small 20th century scrimshaw whale's teeth

Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$1,000
Auction archive: Lot number 64

A pair of small 20th century scrimshaw whale's teeth

Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$1,000
Beschreibung:

A pair of small 20th century scrimshaw whale's teeth
A. DOUGLAS JACOBS, CIRCA 1975
A pair of small 20th century scrimshaw whale's teeth** A. Douglas Jacobs, circa 1975 the first, engraved on one side in polychrome depicting a whale boat and whale tale with a ship in the background with the title "Sound fast.... else be your last!"; the second, engraved on one side in black ink, and depicting a large whale heaving from the sea with a ship in the background. Both signed with the initials on the lower right ADJ. 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) length and smaller. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 64
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jan 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
30 January 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A pair of small 20th century scrimshaw whale's teeth
A. DOUGLAS JACOBS, CIRCA 1975
A pair of small 20th century scrimshaw whale's teeth** A. Douglas Jacobs, circa 1975 the first, engraved on one side in polychrome depicting a whale boat and whale tale with a ship in the background with the title "Sound fast.... else be your last!"; the second, engraved on one side in black ink, and depicting a large whale heaving from the sea with a ship in the background. Both signed with the initials on the lower right ADJ. 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) length and smaller. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 64
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jan 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
30 January 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
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