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309. SCRIMSHAW FASHION WHALE TOOTH, circa 1840, accompanied by
original circa 1840s hand colored print by William Wolfe Alais who exhibited at the
Royal Academy in 1829 & 1833, and from which this whaler gained his inspiration.
Paper hand written sticker on reverse “Tooth of a Sperm Whale, South Pacific”.
Length 7 in.

310. POLYCHROMED SCRIMSHAW WHALE TOOTH, circa 1870, depicting a
well dressed Mother and daughter in fancy garb, copied from an illustration in the 1857
edition of Harper’s Monthly Magazine, the reverse engraved with two clipper ships.
Height 6 ½ in.
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