Pocket implement. Three probable functions: as a sealing device to be used with wax; as a pipe tamper; and as a needle pusher in mending clothes or sail. Very likely New England scrimshaw. Turned hollow handle and shaft of ivory. Terminal element of brass
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Pocket implement. Three probable functions: as a sealing device to be used with wax; as a pipe tamper; and as a needle pusher in mending clothes or sail. Very likely New England scrimshaw. Turned hollow handle and shaft of ivory. Terminal element of brass
19th century19th century
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Anonymous, . Pocket implement. Three probable functions: as a sealing device to be used with wax; as a pipe tamper; and as a needle pusher in mending clothes or sail. Very likely New England scrimshaw. Turned hollow handle and shaft of ivory. Terminal element of brass machined in hatched or "waffle" pattern, 19th century. Ivory and brass. : mm (in.). DAC accession number 1971.22.171. Gift of Mrs. Theda Boynton, 1971.
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