Lavinia Wilcox Mahogany Lap Desk, an Albumen Photograph of Lavinia, a Ship's Log from the Bark United States, and a Scrimshaw Whale's Tooth, mid-19th century, the lap desk with slanted foldout writing surface, the box opening to a compartmented interior with three drawers with turned whalebone pulls and whale's tooth inlay including a plaque inscribed "L. Wilcox," and two drawers with baleen fronts; the photograph of Lavinia in a reeded Victorian frame; the log kept by Captain Thomas Wilcox spanning 1851 to 1854, including entries up to the day before he died while whaling in the Pacific Ocean; and a small scrimshaw whale's tooth decorated with basket of flowers and vines, the back with double heart and arrows, desk ht. 9 3/4, wd. 19 7/8, dp. 12 1/2 in. Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products. Buyers are responsible for shipping. The property of Brian and Pam Ehrlich
Lavinia Wilcox Mahogany Lap Desk, an Albumen Photograph of Lavinia, a Ship's Log from the Bark United States, and a Scrimshaw Whale's Tooth, mid-19th century, the lap desk with slanted foldout writing surface, the box opening to a compartmented interior with three drawers with turned whalebone pulls and whale's tooth inlay including a plaque inscribed "L. Wilcox," and two drawers with baleen fronts; the photograph of Lavinia in a reeded Victorian frame; the log kept by Captain Thomas Wilcox spanning 1851 to 1854, including entries up to the day before he died while whaling in the Pacific Ocean; and a small scrimshaw whale's tooth decorated with basket of flowers and vines, the back with double heart and arrows, desk ht. 9 3/4, wd. 19 7/8, dp. 12 1/2 in. Note: This item may be subject to state and federal laws related to marine animal products. Buyers are responsible for shipping. The property of Brian and Pam Ehrlich
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