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| Accession no.: | Y: 62/15/3 |
| Title: | Scrimshaw |
| Description: | Tooth 131mm, monochrome, with a ship portrait on each face. The iconography, deep engraving, detailed rigging and bold confident style resemble the work of the early American scrimshaw artist Edward Burdett (1805-1833). Algerine; reverse: General Marion of New York. |
| Object type: | Scrimshaw |
| Classified name: | 730.235 & 639.245.1 |
| Number of items: | 1 |
| Full description: |
3A.: An early 19th century English gaff-rigged cutter inscribed "Algerine", the hull pierced for 14 guns. The yard (with footropes) for a large square course is lowered forward of the mast. 3B.: An early 19th century American two-topsail (fore-and-main topsail) schooner inscribed "General Marion of New York". With large sails and raking masts she was a fast vessel of a type known as a Baltimore clipper. When heavily armed, the rig was popular with privateers and slavers. |
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