357 . PAIR OF POLYCHROMED SCRIMSHAWED WHALE TEETH , first half of the 19 th Century , depicts a clipper ship with the initials “ NC ” on sail ; a full whaling scene with ship and longboat on a pod of 11 whales , finely detailed waters , the reverse depicts a Quaker woman on one tooth and Quaker sisters on the other ; the initials “ NC ” could be attributed to Nathan Chase ( flourished 1815-1834 ), a whaling master of Nantucket . Provenance : William Boylhart Collection
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