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Title
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Artist
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Medium & Support
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Creation Date
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Tooth. Whaling Scene with ribbon inscription "John Cogswell 1861."
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw
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1861
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Fire buckets
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Anonymous
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Leather and paint
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ca. 1860-1870
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Album
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Anonymous
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Leather album with brass clasps
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19th century
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Tooth. On one side, man fighting tiger; on the other, large snake coiled at base of tree
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw
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19th century
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Tooth. Classical male figure (Dionysus?), faintly etched and unfinished
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw
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19th century
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Tooth. Oncoming ship in pinprick design; incomplete
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw
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19th century
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Tooth. Sailor boy holding hat
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw
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19th century
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Tooth. A sailing ship on each side
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw
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19th century
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Tooth. On one side, bust of Indian carrying musket; on the other, robed figure of white man (Columbus?) standing on a base
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw
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19th century
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Tooth. Sailing ship and stars
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw
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19th century
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Tooth. Sailing ship. Three holes drilled in tooth
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw
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19th century
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Tooth. Leafy branches on either side
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw
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19th century
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Letter seal. In shape or a shield, engraved for sealing wax. Legend reads: "Not to be Grahamed," i.e., opened without authorization. British. (In 1844 James Graham, Home Secretary, caused letters from Giuseppe Mazzini to be opened at the General Post Offi
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw on ivory and steel
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19th century
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Pastry wheel (also know as jagging wheel or pie crimper) with three-tined pricking fork. Eagle-head motif
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw on ivory with baleen beads
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19th century
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Pastry wheel. Undecorated
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw on whalebone and ivory
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19th century
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Pastry wheel. Turnings the entire length of the handle
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw
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19th century
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Pastry wheel with four-tined pricking fork
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw on ivory with baleen band
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19th century
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Pastry wheel. Undecorated
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw on wood and ivory
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19th century
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Fid (for use in splicing rope). Incised whaling scene
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw on walrus tusk(?)
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19th century
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Fid. Knob a polyhedron of fourteen faces; five raised bands on head of shank
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw on whalebone
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19th century
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Fid. Rounded head and ringed by three incised lines
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw on whalebone
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19th century
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Fid. Mushroom-shaped head and ringed by eight incised lines
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw on whalebone
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19th century
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Fid or prick. Incised turnings
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw on ivory
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19th century
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Pestle. Incised turnings
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw on whalebone
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19th century
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Clothespin. Incised ship and bust of woman in bonnet beneath points of compass
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Anonymous
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Carved scrimshaw on whalebone
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19th century
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