Lot 434
Scrimshawed Ivory Snooker Cue Ball Inscribed 'The Charlotte Rhodes, Off Krakatoa, East of Java, by John R. Kirkman, Liverpool, 1870'
Lot 434 Details
Scrimshawed Ivory Snooker Cue Ball Inscribed 'The Charlotte Rhodes, Off Krakatoa, East of Java, by John R. Kirkman, Liverpool, 1870'
depicting a fully rigged three masted schooner with red dyed sails off the coast of the volcano, with Victorian silver threepence coin (1855-1870) set into the base
diameter 2.1 in — 5.3 cm
Estimate $300-$400