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An unusual scrimshaw mounted trinket box, the single drawer box…
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Melbourne
Date:
6-Aug-2007
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Description:
An unusual scrimshaw mounted trinket box, the single drawer box inlaid with engraved scrimshaw, the drawer knob engraved with the initials 'S. M', surmounted by a carved figure of a whale, engraved 'To His Dear Wife from Captain J. Mann', the Narwhal is a whale's tooth and the rest whalebone, some restoration, 19 cm wide, 9. 3 cm deep, 21
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Precious Objects: Boxes, Jewellery & Trinket (not wooden)