Live Auction 2670Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Prints
A PIERCED AND CARVED SCRIMSHAWED IVORY HEART BOWL
Lot 120 ANOTHER PROPERTY

A PIERCED AND CARVED SCRIMSHAWED IVORY HEART BOWL

AMERICAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

Closed25 January 2013

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USD 10,625

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A PIERCED AND CARVED SCRIMSHAWED IVORY HEART BOWL
AMERICAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
2 in. high, 6 in. wide

Sold, Northeast Auctions, New Hampshire, The Collection of John Howland Ricketson III, 29 May 1993, lot 29
Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut, 1993
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, 20 January 2007, lot 220

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A similar hexagonal scrimshaw heart cutout and silver inlaid scalloped base sewing basket sold for $21,850 at Rafael Osona Auctions, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 3 August 2002.