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- SIGNED SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH WITH
SIGNED SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH WITH HISTORIC SCENES MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6".SIGNED SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH WITH HISTORIC SCENES, Mid-19th Century, Signed on edge in serif lettering "By W.H. Lyon". Finely engraved with four rectangular historic military scenes from the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. One side with "Battle at New Orleans", the last major battle of the War of 1812 that took place in January 1815, and "Surrender of Cornwallis", when the Redcoats surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, ending the Revolutionary War. Other side with "Putnam's escape at Horseneck", when General Israel Putnam escaped British dragoons in 1779, and "Battle of Lexington", the April 1775 battle that launched the Revolutionary War. An interesting compilation of images, probably sourced from a history book. Warm patina. Dimensions: Length 6". Provenance: Sotheby's New York, January 28-29, 1981, Lot #970.Nolan Collection.John Rinaldi Nautical Antiques, Kennebunkport, Maine.Notes:According to Dictionary of Scrimshaw Artists, by Stuart M. Frank (Mystic, Ct.: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1991), p. 86, W.H. Lyon is William H. Lyon, born in 1842 in Ogdensburg, New York. Lyon was issued seamen's papers in New Bedford in 1842 but otherwise nothing else is known of his career.
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