SOLD - mariner-made whalebone cane with tortoiseshell inlays
Ref : 17025
A good example of a whalebone cane made at sea by a whaler - the shaft of this long example carved from a single piece of whalebone in a typical rope twist design, with an additional reeded section interspaced with two octagonal sections with inlaid tortoiseshell details - the handle carved from a sperm whale's tooth, of flared octagonal form and further inlaid with tortoiseshell dot work decoration
Date circa: 1850
Country: American
~ length of handle 6cm / 2.3in, overall length 92cm / 35.9in
price: SOLD
Ref : 17025
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