A SCRIMSHAW WHALE TOOTH
AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY
A SCRIMSHAW WHALE TOOTH AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY Depicting and inscribed the whaleship Superior , Sag Harbor , New York, with a wing-spread eagle carrying scrolling banner inscribed Liberty ; the verso engraved with intertwined hearts surrounded by trailing vine of roses and a poem to Amelia which reads What are the riches of the world without thee when this you see think of me above a whale's tail sparring a boat; also inscribed In God we Trust and Bold Yankee Whalemen , now mounted on a wooden base Overall: 9½ in. high, Tooth: 6 in. high
A SCRIMSHAW WHALE TOOTH
AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY
A SCRIMSHAW WHALE TOOTH AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY Depicting and inscribed the whaleship Superior , Sag Harbor , New York, with a wing-spread eagle carrying scrolling banner inscribed Liberty ; the verso engraved with intertwined hearts surrounded by trailing vine of roses and a poem to Amelia which reads What are the riches of the world without thee when this you see think of me above a whale's tail sparring a boat; also inscribed In God we Trust and Bold Yankee Whalemen , now mounted on a wooden base Overall: 9½ in. high, Tooth: 6 in. high
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