Whalebone candlestick

candlestick

SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS
marad; scrimshaw
White, Edwin W. (Capt.)
before 1890
bone, wood, ivory
Overall: 8 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

Whalebone, wood and ivory candlestick, mother-of-pearl inlay; painted red in grooves of turnings, square base, ivory edges top and bottom of base, wood in center, 12 circle mother-of-pearl inlays on base, 4 acorn turned finials on corners of base, candlestick screwed through base. One of a pair with 1939.1933.

1939.1932