AN IVORY 'SEAHORSE' JAGGING WHEEL
Nantucket, 19th Century
5¼ in. long
AN IVORY 'SEAHORSE' JAGGING WHEEL
Nantucket, 19th Century
5¼ in. long
Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. and Mary Grace Carpenter The Decorative Arts and Crafts of Nantucket (New York, 1987) p. 179-180, figs. 170 and 171.
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