Lots 264–270
264 Sailor-made Inlaid Mahogany Sewing Box, 19th century, rectangular box with hinged lid, ornamented on the top and sides with abalone and mother-of-pearl-inlaid bird, heart, and geometric shapes, opening to a compartmented lift-out tray, padded velvet and silk-lined cover and bottom, ht. 7, wd. 14, dp. 7 3/4 in. $800-1,200
265 Eleven Small Scrimshaw Trinkets and Whaling Related Items, 19th century, an engraved whalebone slide-lid book-form box with tortoiseshell inlay, one side with a heart-in-hand motif, the other side with a vase of flowers, an octagonal covered box with turned feet and geometric bone inlay, a turned ivory seal with relief-carved whale, engraved with engraved inscriptions “FINN BACK/CANTON PACKET/NEW BEDFORD MASS./1852,” a whale tooth keepsake box with copper enameled porcelain lid inscribed “In Remembrance of a FRIEND,” a whalebone and ebony whistle, a miniature upper plate denture, a steel whistle, four oval boxes, one made of horn and wood, a lapped-seam covered pantry box, the top of the cover impressed “SPRAGUE,” a wooden box with heart, diamond, and dot inlay, and a lappedseam covered pantry box with stenciled “Preserved Figs” label, dia. 5/8 to 4 1/4 in. $400-600
265A Pair of Scrimshaw Whale’s Teeth, mid-19th century, with engraved decoration depicting a Scottish highlander playing the bagpipes, and a Scottish lassie, on a conforming carved whalebone stand, (age cracks), overall ht. 5, wd. 5 5/8 in. $1,000-1,500
266 Four Scrimshaw Articles, 19th century, a pair of carved ivory candlesticks with petal-form candlecups, medial baleen bands on ebony bases; a carved and pierced whalebone and coconut shell serving spoon, and a carved whalebone block, (imperfections), candlestick ht. 9 1/8, spoon lg. 12, block 5 x 2 in. $300-500
267 Whalebone Carved Figure of a Sailor, 19th century, three-quarter length figure standing with hands clasped behind his back, with mahogany stand, overall ht. 4 7/8 in. $300-500
268 Inlaid Whalebone Jagging Wheel, 19th century, serpentine handle with mother-ofpearl and baleen inlaid leafy vine on one side and a mother-of-pearl, and silver metal inlaid design on the reverse, with medial baleen band, and pierced five-spoke jagged wheel, lg. 6 7/8 in. $400-600
269 Sailor-made Yarn Swift/Sewing Box, 19th century, turned ivory shaft on swift with expanding whalebone slats joined with red, white, and blue ribbons, on a rectangular ebony and whalebone mounted mahogany box with inlaid mother-of-pearl ten-point star, diamond, and quarter-round shaped segments, the corners supported on turned columns, the front and back with dovetailed drawers, with mother-of-pearl inlaid diamonds and shields, flanked by half columns, the sides inlaid with a round whalebone plaque, one engraved with the Coffin family crest, the other with an eagle with an American flag and banner inscribed “E Pluribus Unum,” on a shaped skirt with mother-of-pearl-inlaid stars and diamonds, (minor imperfections), ht. 17 1/4, wd. 9, lg. 11 3/4 in. Note: The drawer contains an envelope with the name “Henry Coffin” inscribed on it, containing a note inscribed “Eunice Coffin is admitted into the High School Nantucket Jan’y 19, 1861.,” followed by three signatures. $4,000-6,000
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