"A Shoal of Sperm Whales"

tooth

SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - TEETH
marad; scrimshaw
December 1818
ivory
Overall: 3 1/2 x 7.125 x 2 1/4 in.

Scrimshawed sperm whale's tooth. Obverse: written in oval in script "A/ Sperm Whale's/ Tooth". Below: "Dec 1818". On reverse: written in script: "A Shoal of Sperm Whales". Above that title is an illustration of 7 sperm whales in varying sizes, including one calf. All spouting. Largest whale, in foreground, showing teeth in lower jaw; others' mouths closed. Some brown staining on obverse of tooth.

1946.1480