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277. WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE
IVORY AND WHALEBONE WALKING
STICK, circa 1850, carved ivory clenched fist
with scrimshawed shirt line, three tropical wood
and two ivory spacers on a tapering worm-line rope
whalebone shaft, ending in a metal ferrule. Length
37 ½ in.
278. WHALEMAN CARVED ALL
WHALEBONE WALKING STICK, circa
1850, octagonal carved knob grip on a conforming
band and section, metal collar above five scribe
rings, with a rope twisted section flanked by two
thirteen-paneled rings and wafers, over an octagonal
shaft tapering to smooth, ending in a metal ferrule.
Length 33 ¾ in.
279. WHALEMAN MADE NANTUCKET PIERCED PANBONE SWING HANDLE OVAL BASKET, circa 1840, cherry
bottom wrapped with panbone having interlocking circles with arches and spikes, handle attached with a rivet, a fine example of 19 th c.
scrimshaw. Height 2 ¼ in. Length 6 ½ in. Width 4 ¾ in.
A similar basket by the same hand and similar size sold at Rafael Osona Auctions on August 1, 2009, lot 98.
Provenance: The Estate of Georgia P. Gosnell, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, Sold Rafael Osona Auctions August 1, 2015 to private collector.
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