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Mid-19th Century

SAILOR-MADE WHALE IVORY NANTUCKET PIE CRIMPER WITH PIERCED HEART AND OTHER DESIGNS

Shield-shaped tail with a pierced design of a column of diamonds flanked by columns of hearts and circles, and an incised border around the perimeter. Shaft constructed of twin pierced panels in a similar design of a column of hearts surrounded by circles. Architectural carving at base of shaft near wheel mount. Delicately fluted wheel. Deep patina.
Length 6.5".
Condition: Some unevenness of patina, with deeper color around the metal pins. No significant wear or damages noted.
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  • Provenance: Note:
    Crimpers with similar piercings and construction are illustrated in Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders, Whales and Whalemen by E. Norman Flayderman (New Milford, Conn.: N. Flayderman & Co., 1971), p. 178, Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved by Stuart M. Frank (Boston: David R. Godine with the New Bedford Whaling Museum, 2012), p. 195, and A Mariner's Fancy: The Whaleman's Art of Scrimshaw by Nina Hellman and Norman Brouwer (N.Y.: South Street Seaport with Balsam Press, et al, 1992), p. 58.

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August 19, 2021 9:30 AM EDT
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