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| Accession no.: | Y: 62/15/53 |
| Title: | Scrimshaw |
| Description: | Tooth, 152 mm, one of a pair, polychrome: red and greenish-blue. Each shows a pretty woman and distinctive flowers, foliage and a bird in a small tree or shrub. Other examples of this artist's work are known. Bird and nest in tree; reverse: Woman in ankle-length dress, ca.1830. (Pair to 62/15/56). |
| Object type: | Scrimshaw |
| Classified name: | 730.235 & 639.245.1 |
| Number of items: | 1 |
| Full description: |
53A.: A bird with a red neck is by a neat round nest in a bush and calling to three chicks. 53B.: A very pretty woman, her face framed in deep curls, wears an ankle length day dress of ca. 1830-36 with a double pelerine collar, its edging repeated in the hair ornaments. There is no evidence of pricking, but a similar motif is on a tooth at Mystic Seaport Museum, USA. |
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