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* POLYCHROME ENGRAVED WHALE'S TOOTH WITH MARITIME IMAGERY 20th Century
Obverse depicts a warship flying a large American flag off the stern, a long pennant from the central mast, a checkered flag from the foremast and possibly another American flag at the bow. Numerous figures visible in the rigging, setting the sails. Stern flag with subtle red stripes. Floral sprig within a decorative border at tip. Reverse depicts an eagle clasping a "Free Trade Sailors Rights" banner in its beak above an arched rope-bordered reserve containing a memorial scene of a woman sitting on a bench beneath a tree and next to an urn-topped memorial within a bucolic landscape. Scrolling foliate vine wraps around circumference at the base of the tooth. Length 6.75".
* Per Federal Regulation, this item may only be purchased by a Massachusetts resident and will not be shipped out of state.

Obverse depicts a warship flying a large American flag off the stern, a long pennant from the central mast, a checkered flag from the foremast and possibly another American flag at the bow. Numerous figures visible in the rigging, setting the sails. Stern flag with subtle red stripes. Floral sprig within a decorative border at tip. Reverse depicts an eagle clasping a "Free Trade Sailors Rights" banner in its beak above an arched rope-bordered reserve containing a memorial scene of a woman sitting on a bench beneath a tree and next to an urn-topped memorial within a bucolic landscape. Scrolling foliate vine wraps around circumference at the base of the tooth. Length 6.75".
* Per Federal Regulation, this item may only be purchased by a Massachusetts resident and will not be shipped out of state.
Condition: Chip at tip, mostly impacting reverse but slightly visible on obverse. Age lines at base.


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August 13, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
East Dennis, MA, US

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