I have a couple of scrimshaw bobbins that I was given, decades and
decades ago, by a sailor (the new husband, or about-to-be-husband of
a lacemaker), bobbins that he made while he was on a long voyage.
They could be made of bone; and they could be made of ivory. I know
nothing about scrimshaw, nor what this decoration is applied to.
Unlikely to be bone (bone on a long voyage?). And unlikely to be
ivory, for obvious reasons ($$). So what could they be?
P.S. I have tried and tried and TRIED, over these many years, to find
out who the above-mentioned couple might be. No luck.
Aurelia
Catonsville, Maryland USA
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