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Accession no.: Y: 62/15/33
Title: Scrimshaw
Description: Tooth 157 mm, mounted, polychrome: blue, red and yellowish brown. Military officer on horse (cf #34).
Object type: Scrimshaw
Classified name: 730.235 & 639.245.1
Number of items: 1
Full description:

Whole: In line and stipple and outlined with dots, it shows a military officer on a galloping or leaping horse, holding aloft his tasselled bicorne hat. His cut-away tail coat shows a buttoned waistcoat with an Order or Decoration to his left. He wears a heavy buckled belt and Hessian boots.

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  • Y: 62/15/34
Dimensions: Image:
  • Height: 157mm
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