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| Accession no.: | Y: 62/15/64 |
| Title: | Scrimshaw |
| Description: | Tooth 135 mm, polychrome: red and brown. Man presenting a rose to a woman. |
| Object type: | Scrimshaw |
| Classified name: | 730.235 & 639.245.1 |
| Number of items: | 1 |
| Full description: |
Whole.: A pricked-in vignette showing a man presenting a rose in a petal-like wrapping to a woman seated beneath an oval trellis arch. The couple are in relatively modest clothes for evening wear. Dating them is difficult, but they are most probably ca. 1840-1850. |
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