Miscellaneous
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Lot 2657 Session 8 (2.30pm Thursday) Miscellaneous
Estimate $700
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SCRIMSHAW WALRUS TUSKS (2), one with a likeness of Admiral Howe and the sailing ship 'Brunswick'; another., with a full length figure of President Lincoln and the sailing ship 'Southern Star'. Very fine. (2)
These are from the private collection of Mrs de Quay ex Mayor of Theolle-sur-Mer near Cannes, France who died October 1999, aged 82. These pieces were commissioned to be engraved by an unknown artist c.1940-1944.
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