6083

Mid-19th Century

MINIATURE SHERATON CHEST OF DRAWERS WITH WHALE IVORY AND OTHER INLAY

In walnut. Backsplash with whale ivory diamond and star inlay and faceted column supports. Molded-edge top. Overhanging top drawer over three full-width drawers flanked by rope-turned full columns. Drawers with turned wooden knobs and inlaid with whalebone, whale ivory and baleen. Sides of case with whale ivory and whalebone star and patera inlay.
Height 19". Width 17.5". Depth 8.5".
Condition: **This item is not available for international delivery. Please be aware of your local regulations regarding the sale of marine mammal parts and bid accordingly. **

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  • Provenance:
    John Howland Ricketson III.
    Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 29, 1993, Lot #28.
  • Exhibited:
    Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, Massachusetts: "Scrimshaw the Whaler's Art", June 29- October 30, 2022.

    Notes:
    This chest is illustrated in Wandering Whalemen and Their Art: A Collection of Scrimshaw Masterpieces by Alan Granby (Hyannis Port, Mass.:, 2021), p. 14, plate 1.14. A similar example, probably by the same hand, is illustrated in A Treasury of American Scrimshaw by Michael McManus (New York: Penguin Studio, 1997), p. 84.

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