Whale Tooth Engraved with European Goldfinch and Thistles

tooth

CARVINGS; SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS
Barcelos, Frank; Gonner, P.H.
ivory
overall: 6 x 2 3/4 x 2 in.

Whale tooth with scrimshaw-style engraving of a european goldfinch and thistle by Frank Barcelos (1929), based on lithograph by P.H. Gonner; no date. Front of tooth is polished for decoration, reverse is left raw; tooth is signed 'FRANK' below decoration, '6.5/8 x 3' written on bottom of tooth in fine tipped marker. Overall: 6 x 2 3/4 x 2 in.

2023.103.3