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280. FINE WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY AND WOOD CLENCHED
FIST WITH SERPENT WALKING STICK, circa 1860, right hand grasping the head of a
serpent as it is coiled twice around the wrist with a petal shirt cuff, ebony and ivory spacers on a
wood shaft, the upper section paneled with ivory and ebony panels and four ivory dots and four
tortoiseshell diamonds, the lower section turned and tapering to a two inch ivory ferrule.
Length 34 ¼ in.
281. WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY, WHALEBONE AND ROSEWOOD
WALKING STICK, circa 1860, large paneled and carved ivory grip with baleen spacers, the
upper section of the shaft comprised of 13 graduating and contrasting octagonal sections of ivory
and rosewood, the lower section of turned and tapering whalebone. Length 35 in.
282 . AMERICAN WOOD AND SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE CUTLERY TRAY WITH DRAWER, circa 1870, the
central divider with three finger holes flanked by hearts, the tray decorated with scrimshawed whalebone inserted edge panels and side
case arrows, the whalebone scrimshawed and cockbeaded drawer with turned whale ivory knob.
Height 6 ½ in. Length 13 ½ in. Depth 7 ¾ in.
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