$3,819
Sailor's Inlaid Pine Box, 19th century, rectangular box with hinged lid and turned ivory knob, the top centered with an inlaid whalebone panel engraved with a scene of a three-masted ship flying an American flag in coastal waters with an American flag flying from a pole on a hill overlooking the water, the panel and sides inlaid with mother-of-pearl, baleen and ivory, the interior with lift-out tray with three compartments, (imperfections), ht. 7 1/4, wd. 14 1/2, dp. 8 5/8 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-11-04