Scrimshaw tooth, ship and woman

tooth

SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - TEETH
marad; scrimshaw
Brown, George Washington Rodgers
4.50 x 2.00 x 1.00

Scrimshaw tooth made by George Washington Rodgers Brown; pin-prick technique; one side engraved with port view of ship at sea; other side engraved with half length woman inside laurel wreath, and below are initials "G.W.B." [George Washington Brown].

1997.116.1