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Two 19th Century scrimshaw decorated whales teeth
the first depicting a Barque on a port reach off a headland with lighthouse, and in a whale boat after their quarry, inscribed Au Yue Shan on both sides; with a stylised portrait of the whaler Nantucket, and harpooning a whale, each -- 6in. (15cm.) approx
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the first depicting a Barque on a port reach off a headland with lighthouse, and in a whale boat after their quarry, inscribed Au Yue Shan on both sides; with a stylised portrait of the whaler Nantucket, and harpooning a whale, each -- 6in. (15cm.) approx
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