A scrimshawed whale's tooth snuff mull, British, circa 1880,
the base fitted with a silver rim and hinged lid, the tooth decorated with ship portrait, full length portraits of a mother and child and reverse with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, weight 250 gms. 6in (15cm) high.
Sold for
£480
inc. premium
Footnotes
- PROVENANCE:
Sale, Sotheby's London, 25 September 1984, lot 66
Category: Fine Art / Marine Art
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