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Lot 39

Sale 916 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Lots 1-410
Sep 30, 2021 6:00AM ET
Lots 411-816
Oct 1, 2021 6:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$300 - 500
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$500
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Lot Description

A Scrimshaw Corset Busk with Whale Hunting Scene
Mid 19th Century

cut from sperm whale panbone and crudely engraved with a whaling scene, showing a monument plinth surmounted by a pediment with a long pennant, a fashion plate copied after an illustration in an unidentified popular magazine, and a compass-rose device.
Length 13 5/8 inches.

Hindman is grateful to Stuart Frank, Senior Curator Emeritus of the New Bedford Whaling Museum for his assistance in the cataloging of the scrimshaw offered in this auction.

Property from the Collection of Dr. James Dawson, Manchester, Kentucky

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