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174. EARLY FINE SCRIMSHAW LOWER PANBONE PICTO-
RIAL PLAQUE, circa 1830, whaleman executed, depicting a three-tier
American gun ship anchored off a headland with fortress, an unexecuted
information plaque on the upper left (a place for the recipient, giver, port
of call, ship, etc.) lower vignette of two American barks portside views
in full sail, all encompassed in diamond and arc borders; strong ink
contrast. 7 ¼ in. x 7 ½ in.
Literature: Flayderman, E. Norman, Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders – Whales
and Whalemen, New Milford, Connecticut, Published 1972, pp. 192 & 217.
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