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American Walnut Sewing Basket with Whale Bone Inlays

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11 3/4 x 2 3/4

Circa 1850

Scrimshaw Sewing Basket of walnut with whale bone inlay. Dove in a floral setting, with inserts to all eight sides. Probably made by a ship’s carpenter; from a Mystic, Connecticut whaling family.

SKU: 0002667

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