A 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW SPERM WHALE TOOTH DEPICTING WHALING

scratch engraved with a scene of a small boat with five men and one over board, one spearing a large whale, a further ship in the background,

19cm long

This lot is subject to CITES.

Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from a private collection on the Island Orkney, where it had remained in the same family for generations, the family having long ties to the whaling industry.