JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE AND ART AUCTION Tuesday, 26 March 2019 - 10:00 AM start

A scrimshaw whale's tooth

Realised: $425 plus premium

Lot Details

finely engraved and stained in black with detail of a sailing ship and a whaling scene including a whale destroying a long boat and birds awkwardly in flight, the reverse engraved 'Whaler Metacom 1842', 20thC, crack to tip end. L.150mm.