Pair of Scrimshaw Whale's Teeth, 19th century, one tooth depicting Neptune "THE KING OF THE SEA" on one side and an American frigate on the reverse, the other tooth depicting a banner inscribed "LIBERTY AND FREEDOM" flying above an allegorical figure of Liberty, holding her arm aloft giving a cup of nourishment to a spreadwing eagle, standing beside American flags and shield, and a panoply of implements of war, with a depiction of an American frigate on the reverse, (base chips, and age cracks), ht. 5 1/4 in.
Pair of Scrimshaw Whale's Teeth, 19th century, one tooth depicting Neptune "THE KING OF THE SEA" on one side and an American frigate on the reverse, the other tooth depicting a banner inscribed "LIBERTY AND FREEDOM" flying above an allegorical figure of Liberty, holding her arm aloft giving a cup of nourishment to a spreadwing eagle, standing beside American flags and shield, and a panoply of implements of war, with a depiction of an American frigate on the reverse, (base chips, and age cracks), ht. 5 1/4 in.
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