A Rare and Large Sailor’s Scrimshaw Pan-Bone Plaque

A Rare and Large Sailor’s Scrimshaw Pan-Bone Plaque
Engraved with a scene of a full rigged Whaling Ship flying a British flag three whaling boats hunting with an upturned whale displaying a row of teeth another whale being pursued with a pronounced blow ‘cloud of moist air’
In the distance a volcanic island with steam rising from the crater
The whole scene neatly drawn within a ‘double line drawn’ framed border
Whale Pan-Bone
England
Early 19th Century

SIZE: 15.5cm high, 38cm wide - 6¹?? ins high, 15 ins wide