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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial
• Sale Date:
  24 Nov 2019 ~ 12noon (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  7
• Lot Description:
  A Colonial scrimshaw desk set
  comprising of two sperm whale teeth engraved with tallships standing on a baleen and timber base inlaid with mother of pearl and tortoiseshell and adorned with whale bone. The baleen back plate engraved with a fine architectural rendering of a late Georgian mansion. Most likely Tasmanian origin, mid 19th century,
  20cm high, 34cm wide, 14cm deep
• Estimate:
  A$12,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Precious Objects

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