Lot 75

A Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Estimate$2,000 – $3,000

Status

Closed

A Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk

19th Century

initialed H.H.P. above a ship and female figure and below a United States seal, a church, an anchor and a pineapple; the other side bearing an acorn, an apple, a guitar, flowers, a view of an American harbor, and urn on pedestal flanked by American flags.
Length 25 1/2 inches; overall with base 29 1/4 inches.

NOTE: This item is not available for international delivery. Please be aware of your local regulations regarding the sale of marine mammal parts and bid accordingly.

Provenance:

Leon F. S. Stark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1957.

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Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

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AVP, Specialist, American Furniture, Folk, and Decorative Arts

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Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.

Beyond a Cincinnati Legacy: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III, Part I

A Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk

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