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| Accession no.: | Y: 62/15/43 |
| Title: | Scrimshaw |
| Description: | Tooth 165 mm, One of a pair: monochrome with Spanish inscriptions which are extremely rare on old scrimshaw. Liberty, female figure. (Pair to 62/15/44). |
| Object type: | Scrimshaw |
| Classified name: | 730.235 & 639.245.1 |
| Number of items: | 1 |
| Full description: |
Whole: The seated allegorical figure of Liberty, her left hand holding a lance topped by a Liberty or Phrygian cap, her right resting on a rounded triangular shield in the centre of which is the face of a sun with rays. She faces a column crowned with laurels and inscribed "LIBERTAD". |
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