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Friday 16th July 2021

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19th Century scrimshaw pendant of a narwhal tusk section, the front incised with a ship on a rough sea, and the text THE HEART HAS HES THE MIND CAN, the reverse carved with the text THE SAILOR HAVE COME TO BE ? PEOPLE DEALING DIRECTLY AND DATE ? THE STARS CEASELES UNIVERSALM CTION PERSISTENT DRAIN TO THE LAND UBBER A TRIP ? THE WORLD ? CONVERS FABE? COUNT INTO A PE?SSION OF HOTELS... BUT TO THE SAILOR IT IS THE FULFILLMENT OF HIS LIFES WORK, with an anchor to the bottom, rope twisted white metal border, 4.5cm long and 3cm wide

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Works of Art

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