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127. WHALEMAN CARVED WHALEBONE WATCH
HUTCH, circa 1850, arched aperture with baleen surround
above the arched door flanked by engaged pilasters surmounted
by acorn finials, the stand with shaped apron on fluted legs with
matching finials.
Height 8 ¼ in. Width 6 ¼ in. Depth 3 ½ in.
4,000/6,000
Provenance: Northeast Auction 2010, Thomas A. Gray Collection
128. RARE WHALEMAN MADE WHALEBONE AND MAHOGANY KNITTING BASKET, circa 1850, cross-staves
rising from a mahogany circular base joined by upper and lower straps with a swing handle all profusely pierced throughout.
Height 4 ¼ in. Diameter 7 ½ in.
8,000/12,000
Literature: A knitting basket by the same hand is illustrated in E. Norman Flayderman’s Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders, Whales and Whalemen p228.
Provenance: Eldred’s, 2011, Thomas A. Gray Collection
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