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6. WHALER CARVED WHALEBONE
CANE, circa 1850, unusual flat form cut from
a single continuous piece of jawbone with
polished edges, ending with a silver metal
ferrule.
Length 36 in.
1,500/2,500
7. WHALER CARVED WHALE IVORY
AND WHALEBONE WALKING STICK,
circa 1850, flat top knob grip with fine turnings
with a baleen spacer on a whalebone shaft
having a double paneled octagonal section with
conforming rings and eyelet between baleen
dots, above a reeded section above 8 stacked
octagonal rings, above a long section of double
worm-line rope ending in a plain taper.
Length 35 in.
1,500/2,500
8. FINE DIMINUTIVE SCRIMSHAW SPERM WHALE TOOTH ATTRIBUTED TO ALBRO, circa 1830s, a wraparound
whaling scene depicting an American bark with deckhands in full sail under a crescent moon with a longboat in front and a large
spouting sperm whale with the number 44 engraved on its body – indicating the number of barrels of oil taken from this whale, very
delicate borders on top and base. Faint signature above the whale.
Height 4 ¾ in. Width 2 in.
5,000/7,000
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