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| Accession no.: | Y: 62/15/20 |
| Title: | Scrimshaw |
| Description: | Tooth 123 mm, monochrome, decorated on each side with images which have groups of spiky leaves above and/or below. Ship off South Foreland; reverse: native horseman. (Pair to 62/15/21) |
| Object type: | Scrimshaw |
| Classified name: | 730.235 & 639.245.1 |
| Number of items: | 1 |
| Full description: |
20A.: A native horseman with a scimitar and pistol is galloping past a square tent with a pyramidal top. 20B.: A three masted ship under shortened sail is passing two adjacent lighthouses. Inscribed "Foreland", this refers to South Foreland on the Kent coast where two lighhouses in line marked a safe anchorage, the Downs, and also the nearby dangerous Goodwin Sands (cf. #2B). |
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