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Circa 1830

SCRIMSHAW PANBONE PLAQUE BY THE PANBONE ENGRAVER

Depicts a finely rendered and detailed whaling scene of the British-flagged "Mary Grove[s?]", three whaleboats, one of which is stoved, and several whales, one of which is waifed. A vessel under sail is visible in the distant left, and in the distant right, the sun is rising over a volcanic island. Water made up of strikingly thin parallel lines. Scene framed within a thin line border. Double line border around perimeter of plaque. Upper margin with a crude, half-finished depiction of a sidewheel steamship and the letters "W S", possibly followed by some additional faint lettering.
Approx. 8" x 15.25".
Condition: Approx. .5" x 1" section missing from lower right corner. Faint scratches.

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  • Provenance:
    John F. Rinaldi Nautical Antiques, Kennebunkport, Maine, September 2011. Includes a copy of the original sales receipt.
    The Collection of Michael Gill.

    Notes:
    This plaque is very similar to, and undoubtedly by the same hand, as one illustrated in Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved by Stuart M. Frank (Boston: David R. Godine, 2012), fig. 5.2.

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