19TH CENTURY
细节
* AN AMERICAN SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH
19th century
Carved and coloured with a clipper flying the stars and stripes under a banner 'Free Trade & Sailors Rights' and an eagle clutching a flag in its talons, the reverse with a portrait of a young girl within an oak leaf cartouche, the sides engraved 'Tooth taken fram a Sperm Whale Lat 51 degrees 51 N Long 160 degrees 15 E, Bound for New Bedford, Mass'
12 cm. (4 3/4 in.) long
19th century
Carved and coloured with a clipper flying the stars and stripes under a banner 'Free Trade & Sailors Rights' and an eagle clutching a flag in its talons, the reverse with a portrait of a young girl within an oak leaf cartouche, the sides engraved 'Tooth taken fram a Sperm Whale Lat 51 degrees 51 N Long 160 degrees 15 E, Bound for New Bedford, Mass'
12 cm. (4 3/4 in.) long
注意事项
Regarding The Sale Of Ivory, TortoiseShell and Coral etc.
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing ivory, tortoiseshell or cora etc.: Accordingly prospective purchasers should familiarise themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intent to import this lot into another country. In this catalogue, works in ivory, tortoiseshell or coral have been marked with an asterisk (*) as a reminder.
A 10% Goods and Services tax (G.S.T) will be charged on the Buyer's Premium on all lots in this sale.