Museum catalogue: Scrimshaw Collection
Scrimshaw
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Accession no.: | Y: 62/15/64 | ||
Object name: | Scrimshaw | ||
Title: | Scrimshaw | ||
Description: | Tooth 135 mm, polychrome: red and brown. Man presenting a rose to a woman. | ||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||
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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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