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82. RARE AND MOST SCARCE PAIR
OF WHALEMAN MADE SCRIMSHAW
WHALEBONE CANDLE SCONCES, circa
1850, fashioned of panbone having a spring floral
vine hanging plate riveted to a steamed bone drip
dish with candle socket.
Height 9 ½ in. Width 5 ¼ in. Depth 4 in.

7,000/9,000
Provenance: Northeast Auction 2010, Thomas A. Gray
Collection
83. LARGE WHALEMAN MADE PANBONE DITTY BOX WITH ABALONE STAR INLAID TROPICAL WOOD
TOP, circa 1850, with four refined bulbous finger laps, each finely shaped as a cupid’s bow with round terminus and silver studs, the
tropical hardwood top with a central inlaid abalone and mother-of-pearl six-point star.
Height 5 in. Length 9 ¾ in. Width 7 in.
8,000/12,000
Provenance: Heller Washam 2012, Thomas A. Gray Collection
84. WHALEMAN MADE WHALEBONE DITTY BOX, circa 1840, the box having a carved hand lap pinned to a solid
whalebone bottom plate, the cover with a conforming whalebone top and simple lap.
Height 2 ¼ in. Length 5 ¾ in. Width 4 in.
4,000/6,000
Provenance: Thomas A. Gray Collection
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