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Sperm whale tooth (Physeter macrocephalus) with an engraved …
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204
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Sperm whale tooth (Physeter macrocephalus) with an engraved …
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
Sperm whale tooth (Physeter macrocephalus) with an engraved and inked scrimshaw design depicting a sperm whale within a cartouche, dated 1872 on the reverse and bearing the inscription ‘Whaler – Orca – P.M. Allant Master’.
Second half of the 19th century.
H.: 11.5 cm
Weight: 160.01 g.
Provenance:
Paris, Boisgirard auction of 30 March 2008, lot no. 186.
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