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A 19th century Sailor-made Whalebone Clothes Pin

SOLD

From the Collection of Ernest Gates, formerly curator of the JIBBOOM Club of New London, CT. The club was formed in the 1870's as a social club for whaling ship captains and officers and was disbanded in 1959. Gates was the curator in the 1940's and 1950's.

Category
Antique Scrimshaw and Whaling Items
Item No.
KFA-0548