1a.
A.T. MOGER
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Juratone 111TH.
NO TEXT.  Obverse:  Starboard-side portrait of a full-rigged ship with 9 gunports, most sails set, decorative rope-pattern and olive-branch borders.  Reverse: Standing Miss Liberty with right breast bare, holding USA flag and shield; anchor; border with harpoon.

1b.
A.T. MOGER
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ17.

ACUSHNET
-see TOBACCO JAR (Acushnet)

ADAMS, JAMES
-see JAMES ADAMS

ADMIRAL HOWE
-see BRUNSWICK

ADMIRAL LORD NELSON
-see NELSON

2.
ADVENTURE & QUEDAGH
Tooth, +7 inches (18 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: Two ships, labeled (in framed  panel) "THE ADVENTURE CAPTURES / THE QUEDAGH."  Facial portrait, British flags, cannon, anchor.  No decoration on verso.

3a.
ALBATROSS
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Juratone 117TH.
Obverse:  Dated 1840, signed J.H.A.  Starboard view of a full-rigged ship, sperm-whaling scene in foreground, framed with oval decorative rope motif.  Reverse: Three-quarter frontal full-length portrait of nude woman, USA flag, anchor in background, inscribed "My love Jayne."

3b.
ALBATROSS
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
New Juratone S1.

3c.
ALBATROSS
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ2.

ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
-see VERONICA

ALLEN, JAMES
-see JAMES ALLEN
-see TOPAZ

AMPHION
-see OVAL PICTURES

ARION
-see OH GREAT JEHOVAH…

153.
ANIMAL BOX (Animals)
Vertical rectangular box with lid,
3.5 x 2.5 inches (9 x 6.5 cm).
[History Art USA #B5.]
NO TEXT.  Sides have pictures of caribou or deer, sheep or mountain goat, etc.; lid has a knob; ornately decorated throughout.

4.
ANIMAL BOX (Arctic)
Cube with lid, height 3.5 inches (9 cm).
Historycraft SC30.
Four-sided box, featuring animals respectively labeled "HUSKY," "DALL SHEEP," "WALRUS," and "POLAR BEAR."

134.
ANIMAL BOX (Beatrice)
Rectangular box with lid, 3.625 x 4.75 inches (9.2 x 12 cm), height 1.75 inches (4.5 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Pictures on the sides inscribed "The Dolphin," initials "HH," "HUMPBACK," "Home is the sailor / home from the sea"; on the top, 5 beveled panels: at center, compass rose inscribed "Whaleship / 'Beatrice,'" surrounded by pictures of "SPERM Whale," ship under sail with 2 boat lowered (the one in the foreground is fast),  albatrosses or gulls flying over 2 whaleboats and whale, a brig (?) flying crude British ensign with a whale forward and a boat aft; inside lid, bare-breasted mermaid underwater with fish.

154.
ANIMAL BOX (Birds)
Vertical rectangular box with lid, 3.5 x 2.5 inches (9 x 6.5 cm), height not determined.
[History Art USA #B4.]
NO TEXT.  Sides have pictures of birds; lid has a knob; ornately decorated throughout.

155.
ANIMAL BOX (Ezekiel Gurt)
Cube with lid, height 4.25 inches (10.8 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Sides: a crude stern-quarter view of a bark with sea-birds and potted flowers, labeled "BARK EZEKIEL GURT 1878"; pictures respectively labeled "SEAL / WALRUS" and "POLAR BEAR"; the crudely-rendered inscription "And now the STORM BLAST," surmounted by an albatross; with sperm-whaling vignette below.  The square lid has a crude compass rose and decorative border (however, the lid may be interchangeable with other models).

156.
ANIMAL BOX (Whales)
Rectangular box with lid, similar to #134;
perhaps 3.625 x 4.75 inches (9.2 x 12 cm), height 1.75 inches (4.5 cm)
[History Art USA #B6.]
NO TEXT.  On the sides, various species of whales; on the top, 5 beveled panels: at center, compass rose surrounded by pictures of whales.

157.
APPLE (BOX)
Round box with lid, size unknown.
[History Art USA #X1.]
NO TEXT.  Lid has quaint scene of apple harvest, 2 human figures, dog, apple crate, house in background, decorative border; sides have bird in flight, trees, leafy border.

5.
ARCTIC OCEAN
Panbone or tusk segment, length 7.5 inches (19 cm).
Historycraft SC6;  ExF WT40.
Ship and bark with distinctive albatross-like bird overhead, boats lowered among ice and sperm whales, labeled above (in riband devices) "1852" and "Arctic Ocean."

ARCTIC OCEAN
-see CRIBBAGE BOARD (Nolan)
-see NIGER & SEA FOX
-see TAKEN IN THE ARCTIC BY…
-see TAKEN IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN

6.
ASCENSION ISLAND
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Historycraft SC1;  ExF WT42.
Obverse:  Port stern-quarter view of a two-masted vessel at sea, oval decorative frame, labeled "Ascension Island." Reverse:  Battery cannon.

ASHER, CAPTAIN JOHN
-see TIMOLEON

7.
BAFFIN BAY
Tooth,  4.5 inches (11.4 cm).
Historycraft SC3; ExF WT61.
Obverse: Arctic scene with whale, boat, and stern-quarter view of ship, labeled (above) "Baffin Bay 1783."  Reverse:  Starboard bow view of a full-rigged ship flying a Union Jack, and a pennant aloft.

BAFFIN WHITBY
-see SCORESBY, WILLIAM

BALT. RAILROAD
-see PADDLE STEAMER (Eclipse)

BEATRICE
-see ANIMAL BOX (Beatrice)
-see CRIBBAGE BOARD (Beatrice)

158.
BERMUDOS (BOX)
Round box with lid, size not specified.
[History Art USA #B11; catalogue title is "Mid Ocean-rd-Bermuda style."]
Lid has map with compass rose labeled above "BERMUDOS" in ill-formed, faux uncial; sides have tropical vignettes.

150.
BLANK TOOTH (Blunt)
Tooth, ±6 inches (15.2 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.  Nye T6.]
NO TEXT.  Simulated sperm-whale tooth, "polished" but plain and undecorated.  There may be several sizes and shapes; see the ensuing.

151.
BLANK TOOTH (Pointy)
Tooth, ±6 inches (15.2 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.  Nye T7.]
NO TEXT.  Simulated sperm-whale tooth, "polished" but plain and undecorated.  There may be several sizes and shapes; see the preceding.

BONE POT
-see CHESAPEAKE BAY 1856

8.
BONHOMME RICHARD & SERAPIS
Tusk, 23 inches (58 cm).
Juratone 104LTW.
Obverse:  Labeled "The Bonhomme Richard & Serapis," "Flamborough Head" (in riband device); two warships, decorative borders.  Reverse:  Dated 1779; two portraits respectively labeled "Captain Richard Pearson" and "John Paul Jones" (in ribands); decorative borders.

BONHOMME RICHARD
-see also OVAL PICTURES

9.
BOOKEND[S]
Tooth on stand, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Historycraft SC40.
[It is unclear whether several different "scrimshaw teeth" are or were available as bookends.  The one illustrated in the Historycraft catalogue depicts "THE SHIP LIBERTY" (q.v.).]

159.
BOSCOBEL (BOX)
Oval box with lid, size not specified.
[History Art USA #B32.]
NO TEXT.  Ornate, formal floral and vine decorations on lid and sides.

10.
BOSTON
Tooth, 5 inches (12.7 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
-continued overleaf->
Obverse: Standard bow-quarter view of a full-rigged ship at sea, sails set, flying USA ensign at the taffrail, labeled (above) "WHALER BOSTON."  Reverse:  Horn-of-plenty with fruit, decorated with stripes and olive-branch pattern, initials T.L., dated 1831.

BOURBON
-see DECANTER LABELS

BOWERS, T.
-see PRINCE

BOXES
-see ANIMAL BOX
-see BOSCOBEL (BOX)
-see CHESAPEAKE BAY 1856
-see DESK TIDY
-see NELSON PILL BOX
-see PENCIL BOX
-see SNUFF BOX
-see SPRAGUE
-see TOBACCO JAR
-see TOOTH BOX

11.
BRANDENBURG
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Juratone 110TH.
Obverse:  Starboard bow-quarter view of a full-rigged ship with fancy bow, stern galleries, with some sails set; labeled "The Brandenburg"; decorative borders.  Reverse:  Royal arms with crown, lion, and unicorn, inscribed with Latin motto and below "DIEU ET MON DROIT."

12a.
BRUNSWICK
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Juratone 106TH.
Obverse:  Starboard stern-quarter view of a three-decked ship-of-the-line flying Union Jack, labeled "The Glorious 1st of June" and "The Brunswick." Reverse: Bust portrait labeled "Admiral Howe," dated 1726-1799.

12b.
BRUNSWICK
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ23.

13.
BUFFALO BILL
Tooth, 6 inches (15.2 cm).
Historycraft SC19.
Obverse:  Full-length portrait featuring rustic costume and a gun, labeled "BUFFALO BILL."  Reverse: Equestrian portrait labeled "PONY EXPRESS / FROM ST. JOSEPH / TO / SAN FRANCISCO/ IN TEN DAYS."

CALDER, CAPT. THOS
-see DELTA

CAPTURE, THE
-see LIGHTHOUSE
-see NEW BEDFORD

14a.
CATALPA
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ31.
Obverse:  Starboard view of a bark under sail, flying USA ensign astern and aloft, labeled (in riband) "THE CATALPA."  Reverse:  Elevated view with "widow's walk" and village beyond, inscribed "Nantucket wives watch for their Husband's Ships."

14b.
CATALPA
Tooth, 6.5 inches (16.5 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]

15a.
CAVALIER
Tusk, 19 inches (48 cm).
Juratone 101 MTW.
Obverse:  Labeled "THE BARK CAVALIER of New Bedford"; flower-and-pot and star devices; fancy borders.  Reverse:  Right whale; flag / cannon / shield patriotic device; pastoral farm or plantation scene with house, trees, wall, hills, etc.

15b.
CAVALIER
Tusk, 17 inches (43 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified].

15c.
CAVALIER
Tusk, 12.5 or 13 inches (31-33 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified].

CANES
-see WALKING STICKS

CHALLENGER
-see PENGUINS
-see TORTOISE SHELL

16a.
CHARLES W. MORGAN
Tusk, 23 inches (58 cm).
Juratone 101LTW.
Obverse: Labeled "The Ship CHARLES W. MORGAN New Bedford," initials D.M.S., elevation views of Right and sperm whales, patriotic USA flags, decorative borders. Reverse: Dated 1842, whaling scene with spouting sperm whales, ships, boats, albatrosses, decorative borders.

16b.
CHARLES W. MORGAN
Tusk, 19.5 inches (50 cm).
Grooveport SJ37.
[Catalogue title is "Charles Morgan."]
17a.

CHESAPEAKE
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Juratone 103TH.
Obverse:  Stern-quarter view of frigate flying pennants aloft and American ensign astern, labeled "THE CHESAPEAKE."  Reverse:  Bust portrait labeled "JAMES LAWRENCE."

17b.
CHESAPEAKE
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ32.

CHESAPEAKE
-see also OVAL PICTURES

18.
CHESAPEAKE BAY 1856
Bone segment, 2 inches (5 cm).
Historycraft SC39.
Small case or stand for pencil stubs, etc., labeled "CHESAPEAKE / BAY/ 1856 / VIRGINIA."  Catalogue title "Bone Pot."

19.
CHINESE FIGURE (female)
Height ±13 inches (33 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
NO TEXT.  One of a pair.  See the ensuing.

20.
CHINESE FIGURE (male)
Height ±13 inches (33 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
NO TEXT.  Pair of male and female statue figures (see the preceding), elaborately dressed in formal Oriental garb with ritual accessories, in imitation of the classical Chinese style; chop-like markings at base.

CHRISTIAN, DANIEL
-see HIPPO TOOTH

CLARK, COLONEL ROGERS
-see COLONEL ROGERS CLARK

160.
CLIPPER SHIP BOX
Round box with lid, size not specified.
[History Art USA #M6.]
NO TEXT.  Plain sides; lid has a starboard bow view of a ship under sail, lighthouse in background.

21.
COCK PHEASANT
Tooth, 4.5 inches (11.4 cm).
Grooveport SC7.
Obverse: Game-bird in the field, labeled "COCK PHEASANT."  Reverse: Fox, labeled "RED FOX."  There are evidently also corkscrew and letter opener versions.

192.
COLONEL ROGERS CLARK
Tooth, 4.5 inches (11.4 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: Bust portrait "Colonel Rogers Clark" in riband, "1779."  Reverse: Flag, Union Jack quartered, 11 stripes; cannon and powder horn device; "1779."

COLT NAVY
-see LITTLE BIGHORN

22a.
COMET
Tooth, 8 inches (20.3 cm).
Juratone 116TH.
Obverse:  Patriotic device: USA flags, harpoon, 6 cannonballs, labeled "THE COMET," dated 1831; a spouting sperm whale, harpoons; mystic eye at point; signed "D. Hart." Reverse: Port-side view of a full-rigged ship, initials J.A.S.

22b.
COMET
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ30.

COMMODORE PERRY
-see PERRY, COMMODORE

161.
COMPASS BOX
Round box with lid, size not specified.
[History Art USA #B2; catalogue title is "Compass lid with ships in base."]
The lid has a 16-point compass rose; the sides may have pictures of ships and/or boats, with the caption "AMERICAN / SAILING VESSELS… 1859-…."

162.
CONSTITUTION BOX
Round box with lid, size not reported.
[History Art USA #M7.]
Plain sides; lid has larboard-quarter bow portrait of a frigate labeled in a riband "U.S.S. CONSTITUTION."

163.
CONSTITUTION SHIP
Tooth, size not specified.
[History Art USA #T1.]
NO TEXT.  Larboard bow portrait of a full-rigged ship under sail.

23.
U.S. CONSTITUTION [sic]
Tooth, 8 inches (20.3 cm).
Juratone 118TH.
Obverse:  Naval engagement, British frigate in foreground with spars down; warship in background flies USA flags. Reverse:  Eagle, flags, cannon, shot, etc., arranged as a patriotic device, labeled (in ribands) "ON THE/19TH OF AUGUST / 1812" and "VENI VEDI VICI."

COOPER, CAPTAIN J.
-Possibly associated with the ExF version of FOX (q.v.).

135.
CORAL SEA
Panbone, 17 inches (43 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Companion piece to "TOPAZ" (q.v.).  Elaborate whaling scene in tropical waters with high mountains in background.  Reverse: Labeled "Whaler Coral Sea off Tahiti 1821."

CORKSCREWS
-see COCK PHEASANT
-see EAGLE
-see STOAT

CORINNA
-see PERRY, CAPTAIN

24.
CRIBBAGE BOARD (Beatrice)
Tusk, 14 inches (35.6 cm).
Historycraft SC23.
With 124 holes for pegs; ship portrait at each end, one inscribed "Ship Beatrice? 1797" and the other inscribed with a motto beginning "Long life …."

25.
CRIBBAGE BOARD (Nolan)
Tusk, 19 inches (48 cm).
Juratone 109 MTW.
Obverse:  Labeled "The Ship Nolan," dated 1832-1836.  Reverse:  Inscribed "TAKEN IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN/ JULY 22nd 1832" and "P. AIXLE"; harpoons, stars, etc.

26.
CRIBBAGE BOARD (Plantation Scene)
Tusk, 12.5 inches (32 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified].
NO TEXT.  Obverse: Plantation manor house; cribbage board; floral and geometric decorations; surmounted by compass rose with fleur de lis.  Reverse: Oval device with geometric border, palm-leaf and pineapple motif, encircling cursive initials "JHTA."

164.
CRIBBAGE BOARD (Whale)
Size not reported, probably ±12 inches (30.5 cm).
[History Art USA #G2].
NO TEXT.  Flat cribbage board, shaped like a sperm whale, with molded flukes, with or without a pictorial vignette on the head.

27a.
CRIBBAGE BOARD (Untitled)
Tusk, 13 inches (33 cm).
Grooveport SJ40.
NO TEXT.  Ornately decorated: compass rose, fruit, flowers, geometric ornaments; baroque building, palm trees on checkered piazza.

27b.
CRIBBAGE BOARD (Untitled)
Tusk, 13 inches (33 cm).
New Juratone S18.

28a.
CULTIVATOR
Tooth, 8 inches (20.3 cm).
Juratone 112TH.
NO TEXT.  Obverse:  Pastoral landscape; full-rigged ship in a cove or bay, with stylized trees nearby, village and mountains in background.  Reverse:  Full-rigged medium clipper ship at sea, with courses, most topsails, and jibs set.

28b.
CULTIVATOR
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ3.

CUSTER
-see LITTLE BIGHORN

29.
DAKOTA
Tooth, 4 inches (10 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse:  Three-quarter bow-on view of a ship or bark with studding-sails, signal flags, USA ensign, highly decorated, labeled "The DAKOTA" and dated 1860.  Reverse:  "Raw" surface inscribed in riband outline "NANTUCKET."

DALL SHEEP
-see ANIMAL BOX (Arctic)

DANIEL CHRISTIAN
-see HIPPO TOOTH

DEERER, JOHN, & CO.
-see SPRAGUE

30.
DECANTER LABELS
[No sizes given.]
Historycraft SC43.
-BOURBON
-GIN
-SCOTCH WHISKY

31.
DELTA
Panbone, 17 inches (43 cm).
New Juratone S4.
Elaborate sperm-whaling scene, with three ships in a rugged cove, whales in various poses; labeled (in riband above) "FOGOS / THE WHALER / DELTA / GREEN PT. 1842," "Capt. Thos. Calder," and "Jos. Boyle First Mate."

32.
DESK TIDY (desk organizer)
Tusk, 16.5 inches (42 cm).
Historycraft SC29.
Cut with three compartments to hold desk items; a recumbent mermaid, a mermaid with pinnipeds, and other fanciful ornaments inscribed "Walrus from Cape Mercy" and "Walrus."

DIEU ET MON DROIT
-see BRANDENBURG

33.
DISPLAY STAND
Tooth and panel [no size given].
Historycraft [no number].
"Protect our whales. / Scrimshaw in / reproduction ivory. / Handcrafted [sic] by Historycraft./ in England."

DOLPHIN
-see OH GREAT JEHOVAH…
-see WALKING STICKS

34.
EAGLE (I)
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ26.
Obverse:  Starboard portrait of a full-rigged ship with gunports, sails set, labeled "THE WHALER EAGLE."  Reverse:  Standing female portrait with flag, labeled "LIBERTY."

35.
EAGLE (II)
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Historycraft SC13 (Corkscrew version: SC34); ExF WT44.
Obverse:  Whaling scene, full-rigged ship with boats lowered among sperm whales, stove boat, ice; compass rose; labeled "THE WHALER EAGLE."  Reverse: Barrels on wharf with a ship in background, flag, date.

EAGLE
-see TOBACCO JAR (Eagle)

ECLIPSE
-see PADDLE STEAMER (Eclipse)

EGG
-see OSTRICH EGG

136.
EL PASO, TEXAS.
Tooth, ±7 inches (18 cm).
[Manufacturer unknown.]
Obverse: Crossed pistols, cowboy boots with spurs, CSA flags, labeled "El Paso / Texas" (in riband); dated 1863. Reverse: Wild West type stagecoach drawn by four horses, men on top and inside.  See also "STAGECOACH."

ERIE
-see PERRY, CAPTAIN

FAREWELL SCENE
-see HIPPO TOOTH (Cornucopia)
-see HIPPO TOOTH (Samantha)

FARRAGUT, ADMIRAL
-see NASHVILLE

168.
FLAMBOROUGH HEAD
Tusk, ±13 inches (33 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Variant of Fakeshaw #8 [BONHOMME RICHARD & SERAPIS].  Obverse: Larboard stern-quarter view of ship under sail, pennants aloft; "Flamborough Head" in a riband; ornate leafy ornaments.  Reverse: Date "1779," portrait labeled in 2 ribands "Captain / Richard Pearson."

FLAMBOROUGH HEAD
-see BONHOMME RICHARD & SERAPIS
-see HIPPO TOOTH (Flamborough Head)

FLOOD SCENE
-see GREAT FLOOD

36a.
FLYING FISH
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ15.
NO TEXT.  Obverse: Whaling scene, bark with tryworks afire, full-rigged ship cutting-in, 5 boats, 2 whales sounding, shark-like whale swimming; mountains and rocks in background.  Reverse: Flying fish.

36b.
FLYING FISH
Tooth, 4.5 inches (11.5 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]

FOGOS
-see DELTA
-see KATUSOF
-see KUTUSOFF

FOR MY LOVE AT HOME
-see JAMES ADAMS

FOUDROYANT
-see OVAL PICTURES

37.
FOX
Tooth, 3 inches (7.6 cm).
Historycraft SC8; ExF WT70.
NO TEXT.  Obverse:  Starboard stern-quarter view of a full-rigged ship at sea.  Reverse:  Potted plant with tulip-like flower, in decorated urn.

FOX
-see COCK PHEASANT

FREDDA ZONA
-see GLOBE (Large)

FREEDOM
-see ROMULUS

GAM
-see NIGER & SEA FOX

GAME BOARD
-see SOLITAIRE BOARD

GEORGE III
-see ROYAL GEORGE

GERMAN POINTER
-see STOAT
-see WALKING STICKS

GIN
-see DECANTER LABELS

137.
GLOBE (Large)
Height ±8 inches (20 cm).
[Manufacturer unknown.]  (Possibly Nye W1)
Terrestrial globe, diameter ±3 inches (7.6 cm); oceans, continents, islands, etc., labeled in serifed block capitals; in an ornate mount (±220° of arc) having turned finials, leafy pierced-work ends, and marked "FREDDA ZONA," "TEMP. ZONA," "TORRIDA ZONA."  The turned stand has a platform base decorated with antiquarian navigating instruments.

138.
GLOBE (Small) (I)
Height ±4 inches (10 cm).
[Manufacturer unknown.]  (Possibly Nye W1)
NO TEXT.  Terrestrial globe, diameter ±2 inches (5 cm); oceans, continents, islands, etc., labeled in serifed block capitals; in a simple "wood" mount (±180° of arc) with yellow-metal finials; a turned stand on plain round base.

165.
GLOBE (Small) (II)
Size not reported.
[History Art USA #W1].
NO TEXT.  World globe; oceans, islands, continents, etc., labeled in fancy serifed face; decorative vignettes; base is a compass rose.

166.
GLOBE (with Atlas)
Size not reported.
[History Art USA #W2].
NO TEXT.  Described only as "World Globe w/Atlas."

GO STEADY NOW…
-see WHALERS COAT OF ARMS

GOLDEN LION
-see OVAL PICTURES

169.
GOLF (BOX)
Round box with lid, size unknown.
[History Art USA #X1.]
NO TEXT.  Lid:  Scene of golfers circa 1790, ornate border.  Sides: pastoral scenery with a stone arched bridge, probably intended to represent Scotland.

170.
GOLFERS (BOX)
Oval box with lid, size unknown.
[History Art USA #X10.]
NO TEXT?  Antiquarian scene of golfers [not examined].

GRANT, GENERAL U.S.
-see SHILOH

38a.
GREAT FLOOD (Plantation Scene)
Tooth, 8 inches (20.3 cm).
Juratone 124 TH.
NO TEXT.  Obverse: Nine black men, women, and children standing and sitting on a rooftop, with two men fending off floating debris, surrounded by flood waters and drooping trees.  Reverse:  Swollen river waters; small boat with three passengers in foreground, farmhouse on bank, stern-wheeler steamboat in center.

38b.
GREAT FLOOD (Plantation Scene)
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ29.

GREAT HUNT
-see TOPAZ

193.
HARCOURT
Tooth, size not reported.  Item not confirmed; not reported since 1984.
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: Described as "A man with [the] entire right side of his face distorted."  Reverse: Inscribed "A.M. Harcourt / Maimed by a Whale 1860."

HART, D.
-see COMET

167.
HELENA
Tooth [size not reported].
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Not examined; reported from France.  Obverse:  Starboard stern-quarter portrait of  a full-rigged ship, American flag at taffrail, superscribed "1843 / HELENA."

39.
HIPPO TOOTH (Cornucopia)
Hippopotamus tooth, 12 inches (30.5 cm).
New Juratone S7.
NO TEXT.  Cornucopia filled with olive branches, decorated with stripes and olive-branch motif; couple in fancy garb (bordered dress, top-hat, swallowtail coat) in farewell pose; ornamental borders.

40.
HIPPO TOOTH (Daniel Christian)
Hippopotamus tooth.
[Size and manufacturer not specified.]
Obverse:  Six-pointed star, USA shield, male portrait labeled "Daniel Christian."  Reverse:  Sun device, ornate urn with leafy plant, dated 1840 (in riband).

194.
HIPPO TOOTH (Flamborough Head)
Hippo tooth, ±10.5 inches (27 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified; variant of #8, BONHOMME RICHARD & SERAPIS.]
Obverse: Larboard quarter view of a full-rigged warship in naval engagement, flying Union Jack at taffrail; "Flamborough Head" in riband.  Reverse: Bust portrait; "1779" and "Captain/ Richard Pearson" in ribands; leafy ornaments.

41.
HIPPO TOOTH (Nenuphar)
Hippopotamus tooth.  [Size and manufacturer unknown.]
Inscribed "Bark NENUPHAR."  [Not examined; reported by Mystic Seaport.]

42.
HIPPO TOOTH (Samantha)
Hippopotamus tooth, 11 inches (28 cm).
[Manufacturer unknown.]
Obverse:  Device with six-pointed star, USA flag, anchor, and cannon; stern-quarter view of a ship, labeled (in a riband) "THE SAMANTHA"; geometric border.  Reverse: Cornucopia, well-dressed couple in a farewell pose, geometric and leafy ornaments.

43.
HIPPO TOOTH (Ship Susan)
Hippopotamus tooth.
[Size and manufacturer unknown.]
Inscribed "Ship Susan at Tahiti."
[Not examined; reported by Mystic Seaport.]

HOAD, CAPTAIN JAMES
-see REGULUS

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
-see JAMES ADAMS

HOWE, ADMIRAL
-see BRUNSWICK

HUMPBACK
-see ANIMAL BOX (Beatrice)

HUSKY
-see ANIMAL BOX (Arctic)

ICELAND
-see IONIA

173.
INDEPENDENCE
Tooth, 5 inches (12.7 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: Larboard portrait of full-rigged ship with gunports, border of intertwining lines.  Reverse: "INDEPENDENCE / 1816," border of intertwining lines.

44a.
INDIAN
Panbone section, 8 inches (20.3 cm).
New Juratone S5.
Tropical whaling scene: bark cutting-in (left), ship (right), both with sails set, pennants; three boats lowered, sperm and Right whales in various attitudes; zig-zag border; labeled (below) "THE WHALER INDIAN OFF TAHITI."

44b.
INDIAN
Panbone section, 7.5 inches (19 cm).
Grooveport SJ35.

45.
IONIA
Tusk, 19 inches (48 cm).
Juratone 102MTW.
Obverse:  Inscribed "TAKEN OFF ICELAND / by / THE WHALER IONIA / 18th. Nov. 1837"; star, portrait, patriotic device with eagle, shield and flag, fancy border.  Reverse: Sun device, flowers in urns, panoramic whaling scene.  Also inscribed (around the shaft) "B. NEAL [ ] 1st MATE."

172.
IONIA
Tusk, 17 inches (43.2 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Not fully identified.  Possibly a smaller version of the preceding.

IONIA
-see also OVAL PICTURES

JACKSON, STONEWALL
-see PENCIL BOX

139.
JAMES ADAMS
Tooth?  [Size not reported.]
[Manufacturer unknown.]
Obverse:  Sailing vessel with American eagle; inscribed "James Adams"; "4th December 1809"; initials H.H.  Reverse: Helmsman; motto "Home is where the heart is" and "For my love at home."  [Reported from London; not examined.] [Catalogue number inadvertently misprinted in 1993 edition as #46a and in 1996 Supplement as #152.]

46a.
JAMES ALLEN
Tusk, 23 inches (58 cm).
Juratone 103LTW.
Obverse:  Standing female figure with shield and flag, labeled "LIBERTY"; ship portrait labeled "SHIP JAMES ALLEN"; hearts; borders.  Reverse: Dated 1830; floral design.

46b.
JAMES ALLEN
Tusk, 23 inches (58 cm).
New Juratone S2.

46c.
JAMES ALLEN
Tusk, 19.5 inches (50 cm).
Grooveport SJ36.

45d.
JAMES ALLEN
Tusk, 17.5 inches (44.5 cm).
[Manufacturer unknown.]

140.
JOCHEM
Tusk, ±15 inches (38 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Ornately engraved vignettes with fancy borders; evidently labeled "Ship Jochem 1856-59."

JONES, JOHN PAUL
-see BONHOMME RICHARD & SERAPIS

JORDON, CAPTN. DANIEL
-see MERCURY

47.
KATUSOF [sic]
Tooth, 6.5 inches (16.5 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Inscribed "Whaler KATUSOF" and "Fogus [Fogos] Islands."  [Not examined; reported by Mystic Seaport.]

KAY, JEREMIAH
-see LEONIDAS

195.
KUTUSOFF
Tooth, ±6.5 inches (16.5 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: Larboard broadside portrait of a full-rigged ship; inscribed (in oval) "The Whaler Kutusoff."  Reverse: Elaborate whaling scene with half brig, two lateen-like schooners, boats lowered, mountains in background; inscribed (in oval) "Fogos Island."

141.
LAKE ERIE
Tooth, ±6.5 inches (16.5 cm).
[Attributed to Historycraft.]
Obverse: Ship portrait labeled (in riband) "LAKE ERIE 1813."  Reverse: Not seen.  Tooth version of the tusk catalogued as "CAPTAIN PERRY" (q.v., PERRY, CAPTAIN).  [Reported from Bogotá, Colombia; not examined.]

LAKE ERIE
-see PERRY, CAPTAIN

48a.
LAWRENCE
Tooth, 8 inches (20.3 cm).
Juratone 114TH.
Obverse:  Port-side portrait of a full-rigged ship under sail, three pennants, USA flag; labeled (in riband device) "THE SHIP LAWRENCE."  Reverse:  Bust portrait labeled (in riband) "COMMODORE PERRY."

48b.
LAWRENCE
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ8.

LAWRENCE, JAMES
-see CHESAPEAKE

174.
LEONIDAS
Tusk, 10.5 inches (26.7 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: Device of portrait and implements in oval frame,"THE BARK LEONIDAS OF NEW BEDFORD" (in riband), initials "HCL."  Reverse: Full-length male portrait labeled "CAPT. JEREMIAH KAY."

LETTER OPENER
-see COCK PHEASANT
-see STOAT

49.
LIBERTY
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Historycraft SC10; ExF WT21.
Obverse:  Port-side portrait of a full-rigged ship with sails set, second ship in right background, labeled "THE SHIP LIBERTY."  Reverse:  American eagle device with motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and date.

LIBERTY
-see A.T. MOGER
-see BOOKENDS
-see EAGLE
-see JAMES ALLEN
-see MERRILS WHARF
-see STATUE OF LIBERTY

175.
LIGHTHOUSE (BOX)
Oval box with lid, size not specified.
[History Art USA #B27.]
NO TEXT.  Lid: Starboard portrait of a full-rigged ship under sail passing a lighthouse.  Sides include a crude adaptation of Benjamin Russell's The Capture (see "NEW BEDFORD"); decorative rope border around the lid and base.

50.
LINCOLN
Tooth, 6.5 inches (16.5 cm).
Historycraft SC20.
Obverse: Crude portrait labeled "ABRAHM. LINCOLN /  FOR PRESIDENT / OF THE / UNITED / STATES."  Reverse:  Patriotic eagle device with riband of stars, arrows, and shield.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
-see ROMULUS
-see SOUTHERN STAR
-see TORTOISE SHELL (We Owe Allegiance…)

51.
LION
Tooth, +3.5 inches (9 cm).
New Juratone.
Obverse:  Whaling scene, single-topsail bark with USA ensign, pennants, two whaleboats approaching blowing sperm whale; other whales in background.  Reverse:  Neoclassical urn or bowl filled with fruit; oak leaf, olive branch, two ferns, highly ornamented; labeled "WHALER LION," and dated 1827.

52.
LITTLE BIGHORN
Tooth, 5 inches (12.7 cm).
Historycraft SC15.
Obverse: Inscribed "LITTLE BIGHORN / 1876"; portraits labeled "SITTING BULL" and "CUSTER."  Reverse: Pistol labeled "The Colt Navy," dated 1851.

LONG LIFE… [motto]
-see CRIBBAGE BOARD

176.
LONGTAIL (BOX)
Round box with lid, size not specified.
[History Art USA #B21.]
NO TEXT.  Lid: 2 longtail birds in flight.  Sides: shore scenes with lighthouse.

177.
MAP (Matavia Bay)
Tooth, height ±4.5 inches (11.5 cm) or 5.5 inches (14 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: Map (nautical chart) with compass rose marked with degrees (rather than directions), scale of "STATUTE MILE[S]," "MATAVIA BAY" (lower left), decorative border.  Reverse: Starboard-quarter view of a 3-masted ship with stern galleys, prominent shrouds, fighting tops, no sails set.

53a.
MAP (Smugglers Cove)
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Elaborately decorated, inscribed map; compass rose; "Lat. 9.16 Long. 31.30 E"; "Woods 20 turtles"; "Smugglers Cove"; various depths, headings, dimensions, etc., with prominent palm trees, native archer (seated), landscape features, etc.

53b.
MAP (Smugglers Cove)
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]

178.
MAP (Tropical)
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: Map (chart) of unidentified island locale, with compass rose, scale decorated with scallop shell; vignette of a man in a loincloth sitting beneath 2 palm trees, holding a quiver of spears and a bow, with arrows nearby.  Reverse: Simulates raw tooth.

MAP
-see NASSAU

MARY
-see WHALING IN THE BERING STRAIT

MARQUESAS ISLANDS
-see TOPAZ

142.
MARY JO
Tusk.  [Size not reported.]
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Vessel identified as "Barquentine Mary Jo" walrus hunting in the Arctic and Antarctic sea; with an American eagle, penguins, whales, a walrus, harpoons; evidently "signed" by Josiah Walters, 1st Mate, and dated 1861.  [Reported from Germany; not examined.]

MATAVIA BAY
-see MAP (Matavia Bay)

179.
MAYFLOWER BOX
Oval box with lid, size not specified.
[History Art USA #B13; catalogue title is "Mayflower-lg. oval-ship lid & pilgrim scene."]
NO TEXT.  Lid: oval, with starboard bow view of a sailing ship evidently intended to represent the Mayflower.  Sides: scenes purporting to represent Pilgrim colonists.

54.
MERCATOR
Tooth, 9 inches (22.9 cm).
Juratone 109TH.
Obverse:  Starboard stern-quarter view of a ship, labeled "Ship Mercator," olive branch border.  Reverse:  Bare-chested, cloth-draped woman playing lyre.

55.
MERCURY
Tooth, 4.5 inches (11.4 cm).
New Juratone.
Obverse:  Oval three-quarters bow-on view of a ship, labeled "SHIP MERCURY"; implausible rig, with double topsail, topgallants, royals, and square bow spritsail; line tubs filled with whaling gdar, barrels, harpoons. Reverse: Inscribed "Captn. Daniel Jordon / Green Port / 1862-70."

180.
MERMAID
Tooth, size not specified.
[History Art USA #T3.]
NO TEXT?  Neither illustrated nor described in the catalogue.

MERMAID
-see MYRTLE

56a.
MERRILS WHARF [sic]
Tooth, 8 inches (20.3 cm).
Juratone 123TH.
Obverse:  Barefoot black man hauling a sea chest (trunk) mounted on a wheeled carriage or cart along shore; schooner in background; labeled "Merrils [sic] Wharf New Bedford."  Reverse:  Eagle-and-shield device, label (in riband) "FREEDOM / LIBERTY."

56b.
MERRILS WHARF
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ33.

MID OCEAN-RD-BERMUDA STYLE
-see BERMUDOS

181.
MISS LIBERTY
Tooth, 6 inches (15.25 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
NO TEXT.  Obverse: Full-length figure of Liberty [Columbia?] holding (above her head and to her right side) a fluttering American flag, anchor device in background, deck below.  Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a full-rugged ship under sail, 11 gunports, American ensign flying at taffrail.

MOBIL[E] BAY
-see NASHVILLE

MORGAN, CAPTAIN JAMES
-see TAKEN IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN

MY LOVE JAYNE
-see ALBATROSS

57.
MYRTLE
Tooth, 4.5 inches (11.4 cm).
Historycraft SC2; ExF WT60.
Obverse: Starboard bow view of a full-rigged ship, labeled "SHIP MYRTLE."  Reverse:  Mermaid seated on rocks.

58.
NANSEN PICTURE
Panel, 8 x 6 inches (20.3 x 15.2 cm).
Historycraft SC38.
Head-to-knees portrait of polar explorer, an ice-bound schooner in background, with a frame and label-plate inscribed "NANSEN."
NANTUCKET
-see CATALPA
-see DAKOTA

59a.
NAPOLEON
Tooth, 9 inches (22.9 cm).
Juratone 121TH.
Obverse:  Head-to-waist portrait representing Bonaparte in characteristic military hat, and in stereotypical pose with hand in jacket; jacket fastens right to left; labeled "NAPOLEON" (in riband).  Reverse:  Three-man gun crew with naval deck cannon, initials J.A.

59b.
NAPOLEON
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ6.

NAPOLEON
-see REDOUBTABLE

60.
NASHVILLE
Tooth, 6.5 inches (16.5 cm).
Historycraft SC18.
Obverse:  Head-to-waist portrait labeled "ADMIRAL FARRAGUT / MOBIL [sic] BAY / 1864."  Reverse: Port-side stern-quarter view of an auxiliary side-wheel steamboat, labeled "THE NASHVILLE…."

61.
NASSAU
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Historycraft SC12; ExF WT20.
Obverse:  Port-side bow-quarter view of a full-rigged ship, sails furled; anchor device; dated 1835, labeled (on riband) "THE NASSAU OFF SUNDAY ISLE SQUALL W.S.W."  Reverse: Map showing vessel's course through Buzzards Bay approaches to New Bedford, Massachusetts.

182.
NAVAL OFFICER
Tooth, 6.5 inches (16.5 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
NO TEXT.  Obverse: Bust portrait of a British navy officer with sash, medals, and epaulette, possibly intended to represent Cook (but decorated like Nelson); rope border, ornamented below with cannon, anchor, Union Jack, other devices.  Reverse: Stern-quarter view of a naval ship-of-the-line flying a British white ensign, and an armed schooner, at anchor in a mountainous tropical harbor; a sloop alongside, other vessels in right background.

NEAL[ ], B.
-see IONIA

62.
NELSON PILL BOX (Lord Nelson Pill Box)
Cylindrical box, height 1 inch (2.5 cm).
Historycraft SC44.
Coin-like relief bust portrait (on lid), labeled "ADMIRAL LORD NELSON / … SEPR. 1758."

NELSON, HORATIO
-see NELSON PILL BOX
-see VICTORY, H.M.S.

NENUPHAR
-see HIPPO TOOTH (Nenuphar)

183.
NEW BEDFORD (BOX)
Round box with lid, size unknown.
[History Art USA #B10.]
NO TEXT.  On the sides, vignettes of New Bedford, including waterfront scene; the round lid has a sperm-whaling scene roughly after the lithograph Sperm Whaling Nº 2-The Capture by Albert van Beest, R. Swain Gifford, and Benjamin Russell (New Bedford, 1862), in a degraded form as it appears on ironstone blueware plates manufactured as souvenirs of New Bedford.

184.
NEW ENGLAND WHALING SCENE (BOX)
Oval box with lid, size unknown.
[History Art USA #B12; catalogue title: is "Whaling-oval-N.E. Whaling scene".] On the sides, vignettes of ships at sea; the oval lid has a dramatic scene of a whaleboat with six men in the act of harpooning a breaching humpback whale, with bow-on view of a ship in the background, labeled in a riband "WHALING / NEW ENGLAND / CIRCA [illegible in photo]."  The style is modern, imitated from recent so-called scrimshaw.

63a.
NIGER
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ10.
Obverse: Larboard portrait of a full-rigged ship with sails set, 8 gunports, American ensign astern, pennants aloft; labeled in riband "THE SHIP / NIGER / N.B."  Reverse: Catamaran with large horizontally-striped sail in company with other boats amongst a pod of whales; tropical island village in background, with hills and prominently-featured palm trees; marked "[ ] OCEAN" in riband device.

63b.
NIGER
Tooth, 6 inches (15.25 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]

64.
NIGER & SEA FOX
Tusk, 23 inches (58 cm).
Juratone 105LTW.
Obverse:  Inscribed "THE SHIPS / NIGER & SEA FOX / THE ARCTIC OCEAN" and "OCT. 12," with initials T.P.; patriotic USA flag device, two whales, fancy panel and border.  Reverse:  Inscribed "THE GAM" and "Capt. John Prior of the Niger," dated 1840; scene with two ships and a boat, island background, fancy borders.

NOLAN
-see CRIBBAGE BOARD (Nolan)

65a.
NORTON, CAPTAIN J.O.
Tusk, 19 inches (48 cm).
Juratone 107MTW.
Obverse:  Pastoral landscape; bird, sun decorations, fancy borders.  Reverse:  Monogram L.J.V.; potted flowers; valentine inscribed "Remember me / when this you see"; feminine fashion-plate.  Also inscribed (around shaft) "CAPTAIN J.O. NORTON."

65b.
NORTON, CAPTAIN J.O.
Tusk, 15 inches (38 cm).
New Juratone S3.

66.
OH GREAT JEHOVAH …
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ27.
Obverse: Eight lines of prose, "Oh Great Jehovah heed the Prayers / Of we who hunt the whale…."  Reverse: Female sea-spirit (Arion) with harp, riding monster whale or dolphin.

67.
OSTRICH EGG (I)  (Dutch Arctic Whaling)
Ovoid, 8 inches (20.3 cm).
Juratone 101OE.
NO TEXT.  Ships and whales at sea among Arctic mountains and icebergs, rendered in imitation of the etchings and grisailles (penschildering) of Dutch artist Abram van Salm (fl. 1670-1720); baroque decorative borders, cartographic facial portraits, and other devices at the poles.  Issued mounted on a stand.  Catalogue title is "TALL SHIPS."

68.
OSTRICH EGG (II)  (Plantation Scene)
Ovoid, size not recorded.
[Manufacturer not identified.]
NO TEXT.  Southern plantation scene with dancing slave.  Probably similar in size to the preceding, or slightly smaller.

69a.
OVAL PICTURES (I)
"Set of 5 Nautical Designs," each 6 inches (15.2 cm) in length.
Grooveport SJ45.  NO TEXT.
-THE BONHOMME RICHARD & SERAPIS
-THE FOUDROYANT
-THE REDOUBTABLE
-THE SHANNON & CHESAPEAKE
-THE BARK VERONICA

69b.
OVAL PICTURES (I)
Each 6 x 5 inches (±15 x ±12.7 cm).
New Juratone S9.

70.
OVAL PICTURES (II)
[Size and manufacturer not specified.  Not examined; reported by Mystic Seaport.]  NO TEXT.
-THE AMPHION
-GOLDEN LION
-IONIA
-ROYAL CHARLES

OVAL PICTURES
-see also SHIP IN OVAL

71.
PACIFIC OCEAN
Tooth, size not recorded.
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Inscribed "The Pacific Ocean-1860."

72a.
PADDLE STEAMER
Tooth, 8 inches (20.3 cm).
Juratone 119TH.
NO TEXT.  Obverse:  Port-side portrait of a side-wheeler steamboat with twin funnels, twin USA flags, USA ensign at stern.  Reverse:  Elaborate pastoral plantation scene, with strolling well-dressed couple; boatman and passengers on stream with fence or dam; other figures, large manor-house and outbuildings.

72b.
PADDLE STEAMER
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ1.

73.
PADDLE STEAMER (Eclipse)
Tooth, 6 inches (15.2 cm).
Historycraft SC14.
Obverse:  Port-side bow-quarter view of side-wheeler riverboat with twin funnels, single USA flag at stern, nameboard (on side wheel) "ECLIPSE."  Reverse:  Early steam locomotive with double-decker carriage car, labeled "BALT. RAILROAD."

PADDLEWHEEL STEAMBOAT
-see GREAT FLOOD
-see NASHVILLE
-see PLANTER
-see SPRAGUE
-see TORTOISE SHELL (We Owe…)
-see VICKSBURG
-see WARING & COMPANY

185.
PALM TREES
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ10.
NO TEXT.  Obverse: Starboard-side portrait of a full-rigged ship with sails set, 8 gunports, USA ensign astern, pennants aloft, oval leafy border.  Reverse: View from shore in the tropics, showing whaleship with 2 boats lowered hunting a pod of whales in a tropical bay, palm trees prominently featured, islands in background.

PANBONE
-see ARCTIC OCEAN
-see CORAL SEA
-see DELTA
-see INDIAN
-see SALEM
-see TOPAZ
-see WILKES, CAPTAIN
-see WILLIAM HILL

PAPERKNIFE (LETTER OPENER)
-see COCK PHEASANT
-see STOAT

PEARSON, RICHARD
-see BONHOMME RICHARD & SERAPIS
-see FLAMBOROUGH HEAD

74.
PENCIL BOX
Rectangle, height 4 inches (10 cm).
Historycraft SC33.
Four-sided box, each side decorated with American Civil War motif: Union footsoldier; portrait labeled "GENERAL SHERMAN"; Confederate foot-soldier; portrait labeled "STONEWALL JACKSON."

75.
PENGUINS
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Historycraft SC28.
Obverse:  Penguins in ice, initials H.H., labeled "PENGUINS."  Reverse:  Ship portrait labeled "Challenger / in the South / Atlantic / T. Thompson / bosun / 1875."

PENGUINS
-see also TOOTH BOX

76.
PERRY, CAPTAIN
Tusk, 19 inches (48 cm).
Historycraft SC22.
Obverse:  USA flag; full-length portrait (seated); men with sidearms in boat; labeled "CAPT. PERRY" and "LAKE ERIE"; dated 1813. Reverse:  Figurehead of a woman, labeled "SHIP / CORINNA"; statue of a naval officer with quadrant, labeled "SHOP SIGN 1880 / BOY MIDSHIPMAN."  "LAKE ERIE" (q.v.) is a smaller "tooth" version.

77a.
PERRY, COMMODORE
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
New Juratone S1.
Head-to-knees portrait of an American naval officer, in uniform (sans hat) with two epaulets, pistol in belt; USA flag in background, patriotic devices, riband labeled "COMMODORE PERRY."

77b.
PERRY, COMMODORE
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ13.

PERRY, COMMODORE
-see also LAWRENCE

PLAIN TOOTH
-see BLANK TOOTH (Blunt)
-see BLANK TOOTH (Pointy)

PLANTATION SCENE
-see CAVALIER
-see CRIBBAGE BOARD
-see GREAT FLOOD
-see OSTRICH EGG
-see PADDLE STEAMER
-see PLANTER
-see WARING & COMPANY

78a.
PLANTER
Tooth, 9 inches (22.9 cm).
Juratone 122TH.
NO TEXT.  Obverse: Full-length naive portrait of a barefoot man in knickers with military jacket, kerchief, turban or bandana, wielding an agricultural implement.  Reverse:  Plantation landscape with field hand wearing broad-brimmed hat and holding hoe over his shoulder; fields, manor house, trees, and paddle-wheel steamer in background; distant hills.  Catalogue title is "The Planter."

78b.
PLANTER
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ25.

PLANTER
-see also OSTRICH EGG

POLAR BEAR
-see ANIMAL BOX (Arctic)

POLISHED TOOTH
-see BLANK TOOTH (Blunt)
-see BLANK TOOTH (Pointy)

POLK, JAS. K.
-see VINCENNES

PONY EXPRESS
-see BUFFALO BILL

79.
PRESIDENT (I)
Tusk, 16 inches (40.6 cm).
Historycraft SC9.
NO TEXT.  Decorative borders, tropical marine and aquatic mammals, three inset oval vignettes: whaleship in the Arctic among icebergs and clouds; whaleship in the tropics among palm trees; native hunters.

80.
PRESIDENT (II)
Tusk, 17 inches (43 cm).
ExF WT10.
NO TEXT.  Possibly identical with the preceding; catalogue title is "The Ship President," with length given as 17 inches (43 cm).

81a.
PRINCE
Tusk, 23 inches (58 cm).
Juratone 102LTW.
Obverse:  Arctic whaling scene with ship, boat, and whales among icebergs, decorative borders, whale vignette; labeled "THE WHALER PRINCE."  Reverse: USA flag, two walruses; labeled "T. BOWERS, 1st Mate," "Taken from / Dead Walrus / Oct. 17, 1841."

81b.
PRINCE
Tusk, 19.5 inches (50 cm).
Grooveport SJ38.

82.
PRINGLE, RACHEL
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ11.
Obverse:  Full-length portrait of a heavy-set black woman in a frilly dress, wearing a necklace with brooch, pendant earrings, and striped turban or pseudo-African style headgear; labeled (below) "RACHEL PRINGLE of BARBADOES [sic]."  Reverse: Flying fish.

PRIOR, CAPT. JOHN
-see NIGER & SEA FOX

PROTECT OUR WHALES…
-see DISPLAY STAND

QUEDAGH
-see ADVENTURE

QUIBERON BAY
-see ROYAL GEORGE

RACHEL PRINGLE
-see PRINGLE, RACHEL

RED FOX
-see COCK PHEASANT

196.
REDOUBTABLE
Tooth, 4 inches (10 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse:  Out;line larboard bow-quarter portrait of a warship, labeled in riband "The Redoubtable."  Reverse:  Bust portrait in oval, labeled "Napoleon Bonaparte."

REDOUBTABLE
-see OVAL PICTURES

83a.
REGULUS
Tusk, 19 inches (48 cm).
Juratone 108MTW.
Obverse:  Harpoons, female portrait, floral and other decorations; labeled "THE / SHIP REGULUS / Captain James Hoad."  Reverse:  Continues patterns from obverse, with male portrait, full-rigged ship; patriotic USA flags, shield, harpoons, motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM."

83b.
REGULUS
Tusk, 15 inches (38 cm).
New Juratone S3.

83c.
REGULUS
Tusk, 13.5 inches (34.3 cm).
Grooveport SJ39.

REMEMBER ME …
-see NORTON, CAPTAIN J.O.

84a.
ROMAN (I)
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Juratone 102TH.
Obverse:  Starboard bow-quarter view of a full-rigged warship with sails set; distinctive checkerboard hull; labeled (in riband) "THE SHIP ROMAN."  Reverse:  Sailor, USA flag; continues decorations from obverse.

84b.
ROMAN (I)
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ9.

85.
ROMAN  (II)
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Historycraft SC11; ExF WT45
Obverse:  Extracting teeth of a sperm-whale while cutting-in on deck; labeled "SHIP ROMAN."  Reverse: Whaling scene with two boats, one being stove by a whale; ship in background, labeled "18 Jan 1851 / The accident off New Zealand."

86.
ROMULUS  (I)
Tooth, 8 inches (20.3 cm).
Juratone 107TH.
Obverse:  Ship portrait with USA flag, labeled "SHIP ROMULUS."  Reverse:  Portrait of a woman, inscribed "Dearest Rose," dated October 1832.

87.
ROMULUS  (II)
Tusk, 28 inches (71 cm).
Juratone 108TWS.
Obverse:  Full-length standing portrait labeled "ABRAHAM LINCOLN"; ship portrait labeled (in riband device) "The Romulus"; initials J.A.  Reverse: Full-length human figure (evidently representing a slave); USA eagle device; inscribed "FREEDOM," dated 1863.

ROSE, DEAREST
-see ROMULUS

ROYAL CHARLES
-see OVAL PICTURES

88a.
ROYAL GEORGE
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Juratone 115TH.
Obverse:  Starboard bow-quarter view of a British naval ship-of-the-line, with topsails and topgallants set, labeled (in pennant device) "The Royal George."  Reverse:  Bust portrait labeled "King George III," inscribed "Quiberon Bay / 20th Nov 1759."

88b.
ROYAL GEORGE
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ5.

89.
SACHEM
Tusk, 16 inches (40.6 cm).
Juratone 105MTW.
Obverse:  Labeled (in riband) "SHIP SACHEM / 1856-59," with birds, floral designs, fancy borders.  Reverse: Whaling scene, with several ships, many whales, lighthouse in background, decorative border.

ST. JOSEPH
-see BUFFALO BILL

90.
SALEM
Panbone, 17 x 4 inches (43 x 10 cm).
Juratone 102PB.
Whaling scene, with ship, boats, and whales, labeled "THE / WHALER SALEM / New Bedford," dated 1832-1837.

186.
SAMANTHA
Tusk, size not reported.
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: 6-pointed star, figure of Liberty holding large USA flag, anchor below; stern-quarter broadside view of full-rigged ship, labeled in riband below, "THE SAMANTHA."  Reverse: Cornucopia; farewell vignette of a man in top-hat and a woman weeping; decorative borders.  Note "chip" or irregularity at the tip of the tusk.  Variant of HIPPO TOOTH (Samantha).

SAMANTHA
-see HIPPO TOOTH

SAN FRANCISCO
-see BUFFALO BILL

143.
SAN JACINTO
Tooth, 6 inches (15.2 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Tooth version of the "Captain Wilkes" tusk (q.v.).  Obverse: Bow-on portrait of auxiliary steamship with sea birds, labeled (in riband device) "The SAN JACINTO."  Reverse: Male portrait labeled "Captain Wilkes / of the San Jacinto," inscribed "BAHAMA CHANNEL / 1861."

SAN JACINTO
-see also WILKES, CAPTAIN

91a.
SCORESBY, WILLIAM
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Historycraft SC4.
Obverse: Bust portrait in oval frame with zig-zag border, dated 1857 and labeled "William Scoresby"; sperm whale and leaf decorations.  Reverse:  Starboard portrait of a full-rigged ship; labeled (in riband above) "The Baffin" and (below) "WHITBY."  Right whale, leaf motif.

91b.
SCORESBY, WILLIAM
Tooth, 5 inches (12.7 cm).
ExF WT43.
NO TEXT?  The Exham Fletcher catalogue lists this as "Baffin Whitby," length 5 inches (12.7 cm); perhaps identical with the preceding.

SCOTCH WHISKY
-see DECANTER LABELS

92.
SCOTT, CAPTAIN
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Historycraft SC24.
Obverse:  Bust portrait labeled "Robert / Falcon / Scott / 1868-1912."  Reverse: Port-side bow-quarter view of an auxiliary steamer in the ice, with a man (and dogs?) ashore, labeled "'Terra Nova' Icebound 1911."

93.
SCOTT PICTURE
Panel, 8 x 6 inches (20.3 x 15.2 cm).
Historycraft SC37.
Head-to-knees portrait of man in polar garb, icebound auxiliary steamer in background; with frame and label plate labeled "R. SCOTT."

SEA FOX
-see NIGER & SEA FOX

SERAPIS
-see BONHOMME RICHARD…
-see OVAL PICTURES

SHANNON
-see OVAL PICTURES

SHERMAN, GENERAL
-see PENCIL BOX

94.
SHILOH
Tooth, 5 inches (12.7 cm).
Historycraft SC17.
Obverse: Three-quarter portrait of a bearded man, labeled "GENERAL / ULYSSES S. GRANT."  Reverse:  Arrangement of military uniform items; field cannon; labeled "SHILOH 1862."

95.
SHIP IN OVAL
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ28.
NO TEXT.  Oval portrait of a full-rigged ship, starboard view, with eight gunports, three whaleboats on davits; fore-course, topsails, spanker, and one headsail set (distinctive reef-points and shading); oval wreath of vegetation.

SITTING BULL
-see LITTLE BIGHORN

SMUGGLERS COVE
-see MAP

96.
SNUFF BOX  (Birds)
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Historycraft SC31.
NO TEXT.  Decorated with stars and geometric designs; lid has picture of two birds with foliage and decorative border.

97.
SNUFF BOX  (Fist)
Tooth, 6 inches (15.2 cm).
New Juratone S20.
NO TEXT.  Ship under sail, with knob mounted at broad end of "tooth."  Lid features USA patriotic device of crossed flags, handle shaped like a fist.

98.
SOLITAIRE BOARD (faces)
Disc, diameter 9 inches (22.9 cm).
Grooveport SJ42.
NO TEXT.  Luncheon-plate-shaped disc crudely divided into 16 pie-slice-shaped segments, the ensemble containing 33 depressions to accommodate marbles, in the manner of so-called Chinese checkers.  Evidently sold both with and without marbles.  There may be several decorative variants.

99.
SOLITAIRE BOARD (flowers)
Disc, diameter 9 inches (22.9 cm).
[Attributed to Grooveport.  History Art USA #G1; catalogue title "Solitaire-Mariner's game."]
NO TEXT.  Luncheon-plate shaped disc crudely divided into 16 pie-slice-shaped segments, the ensemble containing 34 depressions to accommodate 33 marbles; decorated with Victorian floral motifs.  Evidently sold both with and without marbles.  [Not examined; reported by Mystic Seaport.]

100a.
SOUTHERN STAR
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Juratone 113TH.
Obverse:  Port-side stern-quarter view of a full-rigged ship under sail; spouting whale and sounding whale in foreground; framed in an oval rope motif; labeled "The Southern Star."  Reverse:  Standing portrait of bearded man, rope border, labeled (below) "President Lincoln."

100b.
SOUTHERN STAR
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ4.

101.
SPANISH GALLEON
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ7.
NO TEXT.  Three vessels at anchor, mountainous tropical landscape; principal vessel is a nondescript three-decker ship-of-the-line, others are two-masters; also a small tender under sail (to starboard and alongside warship).

SPERM WHALE
-see ANIMAL BOX (Beatrice)

144.
SPRAGUE
Hollowed-out tooth box, ±6 inches (15.2 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse:  Starboard stern-quarter view of a stern-wheel paddle steamboat (riverboat) boldly labeled "SPRAGUE," with levee in foreground.  Reverse: Man seated in a horse-drawn wagon labeled "JOHN DEERER & CO."; the name also appears on a building in the background.

102.
STAGECOACH (Wild West)
Tooth, 6 inches (15.2 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
NO TEXT.  Obverse:  Classic Wild West-style stagecoach drawn by a team of four horses, with driver and two other men on top, landscape in background. Reverse:  Patriotic devices, crossed pistols, crossed swords, longhorns, USA flags.

187.
STAGECOACH (Turnage)
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: Starboard-side scene of Old West-style stagecoach drawn by four horses, men aloft, passenger(s) inside, with "ODEL TURNAGE" written across top of coach.  Reverse: Crossed pistols, slouch hat, boots, crossed Confederate battle flags; labeled (in riband) "TURNAGE PLACE / MISSISSIPPI" in riband below; initials "J.A."

STAGECOACH
-see EL PASO, TEXAS
-see TURNAGE PLACE

103a.
STARBUCK
Tooth, 8 inches (20.3 cm).
Juratone 104TH.
Obverse:  Whaling scene: starboard view of full-rigged ship with 2 boats lowered, breaching sperm whale (left), blowing sperm whale (center), several other whales, mountain in background; labeled "The Ship Starbuck."  Reverse:  Wharf scene: three men, barrels, bowsprit, river; hills in background; labeled "New Bedford."

103b.
STARBUCK
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ19.

104.
STATUE OF LIBERTY
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Historycraft SC27.
Obverse:  "THE STATUE OF LIBERTY / U.S. / OF AMERICA / WELCOME."  Reverse:  Two nude female figures in a forest glade.

105.
STENROFJORD
Tooth, ±4 inches (10 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: Oval portrait, "CAPTN. N. / VINCENT."  Reverse: Stern-quarter view of a full-rigged ship in a narrow passage, flying American ensign at taffrail, labeled "STENOROFJORD" (in a riband).

106.
STOAT
Tooth, 5 inches (12.7 cm).
Historycraft SC26.
Obverse:  Ermine-like animal labeled "STOAT."  Reverse:  Canine labeled "GERMAN POINTER."

Variants:
S2--WALKING STICK
SC36-CORKSCREW
SC42-PAPERKNIFE (letter opener)

145.
STONEMAN
Tooth.
[Size and manufacturer unknown.]
Obverse: Oval portrait of a young woman inscribed "The Morn of Life."  Reverse: "Ship Stoneman 1852."

STRAND, JOHN
-see TOBACCO JAR (Acushnet)

107a.
SUSAN
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Juratone 108TH.
Obverse:  Stern-quarter view of a full-rigged ship with  all sails set; pennants; labeled "SHIP SUSAN."  Reverse:  Eagle-and-shield device with arrows, olive-branches, motto (in riband) "E PLURIBUS UNUM," dated 1830.
107b.

SUSAN
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ12.

SUSAN
-see also HIPPO TOOTH

188.
SUTAN
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: Checkerboard riband devices, cursive label "Brig / Sutan / 1850."  Reverse: Bow view of a full brig under sail, flying American ensign at taffrail, surrounded by riband device with squiggly ornaments forming an oblique oval surmounting a leafy ornament.

TAHITI
-see CORAL SEA
-see HIPPO TOOTH
-see INDIAN

108.
TAKEN IN THE ARCTIC BY L.B. WILLIS
Tusk, size not reported
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Inscribed "Taken in the Arctic by L.B. Willis / June 19, 1850."  [Not examined; reported by Mystic Seaport.]

109a.
TAKEN IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN (Captain Morgan)
Tusk, 19 inches (48 cm).
Juratone 104MTW.
Obverse: Vignettes: star, "27th MAY" (in riband), portrait labeled "Captain James Morgan" (in riband), saddled horse, man and woman, inscription "Remember Me /  When this You see."  Reverse: "TAKEN IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN / ON THE 27th MAY A.D. 1849." in fancy borders with crossed flags and floral ornaments.

109b.
TAKEN IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN (Captain Morgan)
Tusk, 17.5 inches (44.5 cm).
[Manufacturer unknown.]

TAKEN IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN
-see CRIBBAGE BOARD (Nolan)

TALL SHIPS
-see OSTRICH EGG (I)

TEMP. ZONA
-see GLOBE (Large)

110a.
TAMAR
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Juratone 101TH.
Obverse:  Starboard bow-quarter view of a full-rigged ship with double row of checkerboard gunports, labeled "SHIP TAMAR," dated 1861.  Reverse: Potted flower with four harpoons and geometric decoration.

110b.
TAMAR
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ22.

TEMP. ZONA
-see GLOBE

111a.
TEMPEST
Tusk, 19 inches (48 cm).
Juratone 103MTW.
Obverse:  Patriotic eagle device with olive-branch decorations; labeled (in riband) "THE / SHIP / TEMPEST"; and a cornucopia with olive branches.  Reverse:  Pastoral scene, labeled (in riband) "New Bedford," dated 1830.

111b.
TEMPEST
Tusk, 13 inches (33 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]

TERRA NOVA
-see SCOTT, CAPTAIN

THOMPSON, T.
-see PENGUINS

112.
THRASHER (I)
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ16.
Obverse: Horizontally-oriented picture of auxiliary steam bark cutting-in blubber among icebergs, labeled (in riband ) "STEAMER / THRASHER."  Reverse:  Ship or bark with sails set, in lee of ice-incrusted rock formation; men on floes and in a boat; labeled "WHALING IN THE ARCTIC."  See the ensuing.

113.
THRASHER (II)
Tooth, larger than 6 inches (15 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
NO TEXT.  Vertically-oriented version of the preceding [THRASHER (I)].  [Not examined.]

114.
TIMOLEON
Tusk, 11 inches (28 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse:  Sailing vessel flying USA ensign and pennants; diving whale; sun-with-face device; patriotic device of shield with ribands; initials D.F.; labeled "TIMOLEON."  Reverse:  Male portrait identified as "CAPTAIN JOHN ASHER," dated 1851.

133.
TOBACCO JAR (Acushnet)
Tooth in the form of a tobacco jar or match holder with lid; height ±3 inches (7.5 cm).
[Manufacturer unknown.]
Obverse: Sperm whale breaching under a boat; another boat nearby; a ship in the background; inscribed "An old bull takes the third / mate and four men / December 1847."  Reverse: Labeled "The Whaler / ACUSHNET / out from New Bedford / carved by Joshua Bains / in memory of those lost in / the chase…."  Lid: "Carved by John [Jhon] Strand / Harpooner of the Dove for Lucy / 1847."  Variant of TOBACCO JAR (Eagle) and TOBACCO JAR (O Give Not Way…): tops evidently interchangeable.

146a.
TOBACCO JAR (Eagle)
Tooth or tusk section in the form of a tobacco jar or match holder with lid.
Height 2.5 - 3 inches (6.5-7.5 cm).
[Manufacturer unknown.]
NO TEXT.  Lid: American eagle with 7 stars.  Jar:  Sailing ship in harbor; female portrait; sweetheart verse.  [Reported by Phillips auction gallery, New York; not examined.]

146b.
TOBACCO JAR (Eagle)
Tusk section with lid.  Height ±2.5 inches (6.5 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Lid: American eagle with 7 stars, labeled "TOBACCO."  Jar: Sailor and woman, inscribed in riband below, "O GIVE NOT WAY TO SORROW / HOPE FOR THE BEST TOMORROW," leafy border; harbor street scene with sailing ship in background; arrow-and-heart device labeled "HOME AGAIN."  Bottom: Anchor device marked "Carved by John Strand / Harpooner of the DOVE for Lucy / 1847"  (#146c is an unsigned version).

146c.
TOBACCO JAR (Eagle)
Tusk section with lid.  Height ±2.5 inches (6.5 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Unsigned version of 146b.

146d.
TOBACCO JAR (O Give Not Way To Sorrow…)
Tooth in the form of a tobacco jar or match holder with lid.  Height 2.5 - 3 inches (6.5-7.5 cm).
[Manufacturer unknown.]
Lid: Anchor motif, "Carved by Jhon [sic] Strand / Harpooner of the DOVE for Lucy / 1847."  Obverse: Sailor and woman, inscribed in riband below, "O GIVE NOT WAY TO SORROW / HOPE FOR THE BEST TOMORROW."  Side vignettes: Ship flying USA flag, sails furled, alongside wharf; sunrise or sunset.  "Home Again" with interlaced hearts.  Urban scene with ship at wharf.  Variant of TOBACCO JAR (Acushnet) and TOBACCO JAR (Eagle): the tops are evidently interchangeable.

147.
TOBACCO JAR (Planter)
Tooth in the form of a tobacco jar with lid.  Height ±3.5 inches (9 cm).
[Manufacturer unknown.]  Nye B9.
Obverse: Figure of an African or African-American man working with a stick or hoe in a field (foreground), with other men in foreground, with a hot sun overhead. Reverse: Labeled "TOBACCO JAR."  Lid:  Labeled "TOBACCO JAR" around a flower or pinwheel device.

115.
TOOTH BOX (Penguin)
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Historycraft SC32.
NO TEXT.  The upper portion (narrow end) of the "tooth" forms the lid; the container is a hollow in the lower portion (wide end).  The example illustrated in the Historycraft catalogue is the so-called "Penguin" (q.v.); other models may also have been available.  See the preceding.

197.
TOOTH BOX (Ship and Eagle)
Tooth, 5 inches (12.7 cm)
[Manufacturer unknown]
NO TEXT.  Obverse: Eagle head at point; ship or bark under sail.  Reverse: Line tub with whaling irons and gear.  Lid: flag device, with handle in the shape of a fist, ornamented with a 6-pointed star.  [Reported from Pennsylvania in 1998.]

189.
TOOTH BOX (Sou'wester)
Tooth, perhaps 5.5 inches (14 cm).
[History Art USA #B14.]
NO TEXT.  The upper portion (narrow end) of the "tooth" forms the lid; the container is hollow in the lower portion (wide end).  Tip is a compass rose; vignettes of a bearded man in a Gloucester fisherman-type sou'wester (hat), a lobtailing whale with ship in background, etc.

116a.
TOPAZ
Panbone, 17 inches (43 cm).
Juratone 101PB.
Catalogue title is "The Great Hunt."  Obverse: Elaborate sperm-whaling scene among ragged, mountainous islands; many whales, with two ships, three boats in pursuit; prominent zig-zag border; initials J.A.  Reverse:  Inscribed "Whaler Topaz off Marquesas Islands, Jan. 1840"; signed "James Allen."

116b.
TOPAZ
Panbone, 17 or 19.5 inches (43 or 50 cm).
Grooveport SJ41.
[The Grooveport catalogue lists both 17 inches (43 cm) and 19.5 inches (50 cm).]

TORRIDA ZONA
-see GLOBE (Large)

117.
TORTOISE SHELL (Voyage of the Challenger)
Length 16 inches (40.6 cm).
Historycraft SC65.
Catalogue title is "Turtle Shell." Twelve panels with illustrations and inscriptions pertaining to exotic locales, one blank panel, entitled "Voyage of the Challenger 1872-1876."

118a.
TORTOISE SHELL (We Owe Allegiance…)
24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm).
Juratone 101TS.
Patriotic devices and portraits, with labels and mottos in ribands: USA and CSA flags with Liberty Bell and wreath, mottos "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and "WE OWE ALLEGIANCE TO NO CROWN"; portraits: "Lincoln (1809-1865)" and "Washington (1735-1799) [sic]"; levee scene with side-wheeler riverboat; American eagle with arrows, shield, stars, and motto "UNDER MY WINGS EVERYTHING PROSPERS."

118b.
TORTOISE SHELL (We Owe Allegiance…)
Length 24 inches (61 cm).
Grooveport SJ43.
Catalogue title is "Turtle Shell."

148.
TORTOISE SHELL (Whales and Whaling)
Length 29.5 inches (75 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
NO TEXT.  Several ship portraits, several different species of whales, two whaling scenes, decorated with harpoons, shells, USA flags.  [Reported from Copenhagen; not examined.]

TRENT
-see WILKES, CAPTAIN

TURNAGE PLACE
-see STAGECOACH (Turnage)

TURTLE SHELL
-see TORTOISE SHELL

UNDER MY WINGS…
-see TORTOISE SHELL (We Owe Allegiance to No Crown)

VENI VEDI VICI
-see CONSTITUTION, U.S.

119a.
VERONICA  (I)
Tusk, 19 inches (48 cm).
Juratone 106MTW.
Obverse:  Shield device, bird ornaments, labeled "THE BARK VERONICA / OUT OF NEW BEDFORD."  Reverse:  Labeled "THE VERONICA"; dated 1849; potted flower; ship portrait; woman in garden; inscribed "To My Dear Kathleen."

119b.
VERONICA  (I)
Tusk, 17.5 inches (44.5 cm).
Grooveport SJ44.

120.
VERONICA  (II)
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ14.
Obverse:  Starboard portrait of a full-rigged ship, a sounding whale in foreground, cliffs in background, labeled (in a riband below) "THE BARK [sic] VERONICA."  Reverse:  Sperm whale crushing a boat in its jaws, titled "ALL IN A DAY'S WORK."

VERONICA
-see also OVAL PICTURES

121.
VICKSBURG
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse:  Port-side view of a stern-wheeler riverboat, labeled below "Vicksburg," signed J.A.  Reverse:  Confederate patriotic device with crossed pistols, crossed swords, eagle, battle flags; etc., inscribed "VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI."

122.
VICTORIA
Tooth, 5 inches (12.7 cm).
Historycraft SC5; ExF WT41.
Obverse:  Port-side portrait of a bark with sails set, labeled "Barque Victoria," dated 1874.  Reverse:  Seated figure of Hope, with anchor emblem and USA flag; twin-barb harpoon.

123.
VICTORY
Tooth, 4 inches (10 cm).
New Juratone S1a.
Obverse:  Harbor scene with port-side view of a full-rigged ship flying USA ensign at taffrail; wharf and harbor buildings on left, compass rose on right.  Reverse: Nude angels holding long trumpets and supporting a crown; labeled in a riband device "VICT/ORY."  Initials J.A.

124a.
H.M.S. VICTORY
Tooth, 9 inches (22.9 cm).
Juratone 105TH.
Obverse:  Port-side stern-quarter view of a ship-of-the-line, ornately drawn, with smaller craft in foreground, labeled (below) "H.M.S. VICTORY." Reverse:  Framed bust portrait, labeled "HORATIO NELSON."

124b.
H.M.S. VICTORY
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ24.

149.
VINCENNES
Tooth, ±7 inches (18 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse:  Crude stern-quarter portrait of a sailing ship with gunports and stern galleries, labeled "U.S.S. VINCENNES / GUAM / LADRONE ISLES / Sept 1846."  Reverse: Oval male portrait in fancy border with USA Eagle, labeled "JAS. K. POLK."

VINCENT, CAPTN. N.
-see STENROFJORD

132.
WALKING STICKS
Historycraft S1-S30.
NO TEXT.  Thirty different items illustrated in the Historycraft catalogue, which describes them as: "English Country Walking Sticks… with simulated ivory handle, seasoned chestnut stick, and steel capped ferrule."  Includes item Nº S2 ("Scrimshaw"), whereof the handle is the STOAT / GERMAN POINTER tooth (see STOAT).

Birds
S4—Game Bird
S6—Wren
S7—Pheasant
S9—Duck
S10—Eagle
S13—Owl
S24—Toucan

Dogs
S1—Whippet
S2—Scrimshaw (Pointer)
S11—Spaniel
S15—Hound
S18—Retriever
S21—Bulldog

Other Animals
S2—Scrimshaw (Stoat)
S5—Fish
S14—Roundhorse
S16—Dolphin
S17—Hare
S19—Racehorse
S22—Badger
S23—Ram
S25—Fox
S26—Lion
S28—Otter
S29—Panda

Miscellaneous
S3—Sword Handle
S8—Stag Horn
S12—Regency
S20—Shepherd's Crook
S27—Indian (sic)
S30—Urn
 

WALRUS
-see ANIMAL BOX (Arctic)
-see DESK TIDY

WALTERS, JOSIAH
-see MARY JO

125.
WANDERER
Tooth, 6 inches (15.2 cm).
Historycraft SC16.
Obverse:  Port-side bow-quarter view of full-rigged ship, labeled (in riband device above), "THE WANDERER."  Reverse:  Harpooneer poised in the prow of a whaleboat.

126.
WARING & COMPANY
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ18.
Obverse:  Tropical wharf scene: men (one in coolie hat) and barrels in foreground; coach (left) and ship (right) in middle ground; building in back-ground has sign "WARING & CO. LIMITED."  Reverse:  Horse-drawn two-wheeler in foreground, tropical plantation scene in middle and background.

WASHINGTON
-see TORTOISE SHELL (We Owe Allegiance…)

198
WASP
Tooth, height 2.75 inches (7 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Obverse: Larboard bow-quarter portrait of a full-rigged ship under sail, inscribed (in oval above) "The Wasp."  Reverse: Inverse cornucopia, signed "J.A."

WE OWE ALLEGIANCE TO NO CROWN
—see TORTOISE SHELL

WELCOME
-see STATUE OF LIBERTY

WHALER BOSTON
-see BOSTON

WHALER EAGLE, THE
-see EAGLE

127a.
WHALERS COAT OF ARMS
Tooth, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Juratone 120TH.
Obverse:  Crude ensemble of whaling implements and tools, arranged in a line-tub, on a deck or platform; riband inscribed "Whalers Coat of Arms"; also 3 lines of verse, beginning "Go steady now Me hearties..." Reverse:  Whaling scene with American ship (two rows of gun-ports), two boats, several whales, one boat being stove.

127b.
WHALERS COAT OF ARMS
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ34.

WHALING IN THE ARCTIC
-see THRASHER

128.
WHALING IN THE BERING STRAIT
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ20.
Obverse:  Arctic whaling scene with seals and whales, men landing from whaleboat (center),  full-rigged ship among the floes (background); labeled (in riband device) "Whaling in the Bering Strait."  Reverse:  Full-rigged ship; icebergs in background; labeled "The Ship MARY in the ARCTIC."

190.
WHALING SCENE
Tooth, size not specified.
[History Art USA #T2.]
NO TEXT.  Obverse: Boat with 6 men, harpooner in prow, approaching a whale, ship in background.  Reverse: Unknown.

WHITBY
-see SCORESBY, WILLIAM

129.
WILKES, CAPTAIN
Panbone, 19 inches (48 cm).
Historycraft SC21.
Two auxiliary steam barks (left), bust portrait (center right), and crustacean (right), labeled "CAPT. WILKES / ON THE UNION'S 'SAN JACINTO' / …WITH THE / BRITISH 'TRENT' / IN THE BAHAMA CHANNEL."

WILKES, CAPTAIN
-see also SAN JACINTO
 
 

130.
WILLIAM HILL
Panbone or tusk segment, 7 inches (17.75 cm).
Historycraft SC25.
Equivocal near-silhouette portrait of a three-masted sailing vessel in company; boldly labeled "THE HULL Whaleship WILLIAM HILL … 1831."

191a.
WILLIAM LEWIS (BOX)
Cylinder (walrus tusk section), height 4 inches (10 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]
Left side: Compass rose surmounting inscription "The / Steam / Whaler / William / Lewis / September 25 / 1891."   Obverse: Broadside larboard view of a 3-masted bark with smokestack, surmounted by a 5-pointed star.  Right: Line tub and whalecraft surmounted by cursive inscription "To the Memory of / Asa Douglas…" etc.  Reverse: Sperm whale smashing manned boat, ship in background, decorative floral border.

191b.
WILLIAM LEWIS (BOX)
Cylinder (walrus tusk section), reported height 3.75 inches (9.5 cm).  [Manufacturer not identified.]

WILLIS, L.B.
-see TAKEN IN THE ARCTIC BY…

131a.
YOUNG PHOENIX
Tooth, 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Grooveport SJ21.
Obverse:  Busy whaling scene, starboard view of a full-rigged ship, whales in various attitudes, mountains in background; mystic eye at point of "tooth."  Reverse:  Starboard portrait of a ship cutting-in, labeled below (in panel) "The Whaler / Young Phoenix."

131b.
YOUNG PHOENIX
Tooth, 6.5 inches (16.5 cm).
[Manufacturer not identified.]