Lot 1434 , A worked scrimshaw depicting an erotic female fruit seller, dated 1862 to reverse, with a shell carved baleen hinged lid. 13cm long

A worked scrimshaw depicting an erotic female fruit seller, dated 1862 to reverse, with a shell carved baleen hinged lid. 13cm long
£200-300

Condition:
Seems to have been over-cleaned at some stage; natural split downward from rim, approx. 12mm, visible inside and out.

Sold for £460