Rafael Osona's Annual Auction Catalog 2019 2014 | Page 112

229. SCRIMSHAW
POLYCHROMED WHALEBONE
BUSK, mid-19th Century, engraved
with trees, hearts, curtain valence
and the letters U & I within two
interlocking hearts. Length 11 ½ in.
230. SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE
BUSK, mid-19th Century, engraved
with vines, birds and baskets, faintly
engraved poem on the reverse. “What
tragic tears bedim the eye, What death
we suffer ere we dies…” Length 11 in.

231. FINE WOVEN PETITE
NANTUCKET ROUND SWING
HANDLE BASKET, attributed to
Davis Hall (1828-1905) or Joseph
Fisher (1847-1928), one of the
Nantucket Lightship Keepers.
Height 3 ½ in. Diameter 4 ¾ in.

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