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| Accession no.: | Y: 62/15/12 |
| Title: | Scrimshaw |
| Description: | Tooth 120 mm, monochrome. Valentine; reverse: naval brig under sail. |
| Object type: | Scrimshaw |
| Classified name: | 730.235 & 639.245.1 |
| Number of items: | 1 |
| Full description: |
12A.: Decorated on the concave side with a complex valentine motif including three hearts, the central one pierced, birds, flowers, wreaths and a pair of halberds. 12B: The convex side portrays a British naval brig, most improbably with pole masts. Around the root are the remains of the natural vertical ridges which have not been completely smoothed out. |
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