19TH-CENTURY MARITIME FOLK ART

19TH-CENTURY MARITIME FOLK ART Pair of "Scrimshaws" A set of two scrimshaws carved from bone and engraved with black ink, commemorating the epic history of American whalers. One, oblong and curved in shape, features on the obverse a lively maritime scene—"the three-masted whaler Whaler Lion" rendered in ink near an exotic coastline dotted with tall palm trees, with two sailors’ rowboats at sea; the second, cylindrical in shape, is adorned on one side with a banner-style cartouche bearing th

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